The long awaited new release of ModemManager version 1.6.0 will enter into Factory soon. https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/419370 I'm making here a copy of the changelog, the mostly noticeable is the new "plugins" architecture, which will handle more easily new chips. For myself it support my internal wwan dell sierra branded device (since a few month witout main troubles, even if not used everydays). I hope it will help lot of you to get their chip supported or with better support. I would like to have a certain amount of feedback to be sure it resolve a number of case, and give access to wwan to unsuported chipset compared to 1.4 I would really like to have it also included in Leap 42.2 so our end users can benefit of those new supported hardware, and Leap team agree that there's more benefits than risks. By the way, I would like to thanks people who dirve me to make this a reality, and a special awards for Dimstar ;-) Changelog (can be stripped on comment or reply ;-) - new stable release of ModemManager 1.6.0 (final) + fix bug boo#975211 + Added nmcli-bash-completion package + Need last version of polkit-default-priv (bsc#976945) + build '--with-suspend-resume=systemd' argument. - Removed patches concerning old version + ModemManager-cinterion_drop_unused_constants.patch. + ModemManager-novatel_remove_unused_custom_AT_probe_array.patch. + ModemManager-wmc_fix_typo.patch. + Add ModemManager-fix-whitespaces.patch: Fix whitespace usage. - 1.6.0 version requires: GLib 2.36.0 gettext 0.19.3 libmbim >= 1.14.0 (for the optional MBIM support) libqmi >= 1.16.0 (for the optional QMI support) libsystemd >= 209 or libsystemd-login >= 183 (for the optional suspend and resume support) For distributions using systemd, it is suggested that the new optional suspend/resume is explicitly requested during configure with the new '--with-suspend-resume=systemd' argument. - New features: + Core: - Implemented support for suspend/resume detection, currently working when systemd is in use. Whenever the system is suspended, we'll flag the modems as invalid so that they are re-probed from scratch when the system is resumed. - Added cancellation support for the probing operations. - Reworked and simplified the serial port response processing. + Location interface: - Added A-GPS support, currently available only for QMI based modems with PDS service. - Added support for updating the default GPS refresh time. + Time interface: - New default implementation for all AT-based modems. + Voice interface: - New DBus interface to allow the management of voice calls, which currently assumes that the audio channel is setup out of ModemManager. + Bearer: - New support for reporting statistics of the ongoing connection with a new 'Stats' property, currently available for QMI and MBIM based modems. + QMI: - Implemented support for devices which only work in "raw IP" mode, like the Sierra MC7455. - Implemented support for SIM related operations using the UIM service, as newer modems with multi-SIM capabilities don't support the legacy DMS UIM operations. - Implemented support for detecting network-initiated disconnections. + MBIM: - If online mode fails, try to use the 'DMS Set FCC Authentication' QMI + udev: - Added new supported 'ID_MM_PORT_IGNORE' tag to allow fully ignoring ports specified by the user. + mmcli: - Added command completion. - Added new operations to use the Voice interface. + Build: - Added code coverage support. + Plugins: - haier: new plugin to support the Haier CE81B. - thuraya: new plugin for Thuraya satellite modems. - sierra-legacy,sierra: the implementation for Sierra modems is now split into two different plugins: a 'legacy' one for the old PPP and DirectIP based modems and the standard one for the newer QMI and MBIM based ones. - dell: new plugin for Dell rebranded devices from Novatel, Sierra or Ericsson. - gobi: removed the plugin. All non-vendor specific QMI devices should now be managed by the generic plugin. - mbm: dynamically load the list of supported modes. - mbm: fixed several connection/disconnection issues. - simtech: support QMI devices. - huawei: implemented Voice call management support. - huawei: use static IP addressing in NDISDUP capable devices if the AT^DHCP response provides the IP details. - Existing features backported to 1.4.x releases also present in in ModemManager 1.6.0: + MBIM: - The mbim-proxy is used by default. - Implemented support for disconnection status notification while connected. - Disabled CDMA capabilities, until properly supported. + QMI: - The qmi-proxy is used by default. - If online mode fails, use 'DMS Set FCC Authentication', required by some rebranded Sierra modems (e.g. Dell branded ones). - Implemented support for loading SIM operator id and name. - Implemented power-cycle reset functionality. + Plugins: - telit: added support for new devices, like HE910, UE910 and UL865. - telit: implemented dynamic port identification. - telit: implemented unlock retries loading. - telit: implemented supported/current bands management. - telit: implemented supported/current modes management. - telit: implemented modem reset and power down. - mbm: implemented GPS support for Ericsson HS2350 and H5321gw modems. -- Bruno Friedmann Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch Bareos Partner, openSUSE Member, fsfe fellowship GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 irc: tigerfoot -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org