From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: msar2020@gmail.com (Michael Robb)
Cc: dsterba@suse.cz, jeff@garzik.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
benm@symmetric.co.nz, jkosina@suse.cz, jslaby@suse.cz,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org,
stephen@symmetric.co.nz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipwireless_cs driver for 4G PC Card
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:40:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071130154023.26b3c61b@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071130152019.C689B19E20E@silentrunning.homelinux.org>
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:20:19 +0000 (GMT)
msar2020@gmail.com (Michael Robb) wrote:
> >If the -main- purpose of the hardware is wireless, it should go in via
> >John Linville, wireless maintainer...
>
> These GPRS cards are basically wireless modems which accept a Hayes command
> set (AT+????, etc...), can send and receive SMS messages, as well as
> support WAP and PPP internet surfing.
>
> Hayes commands allow for measuring local signal strength (AT+CSQ), reading
> and writing SMS messages (AT+CMGF, AT+CMGW, AT+CNMI) etc...
>
> So, it is somewhere between a serial driver and a wireless driver.
At the moment they seem to be ending up under serial, so I would prefer
consistency between the USB tty interfaces for 3G cards, the stuff like
Nozomi and any newer goodies. The new tty layer buffering is quite happy
at these speeds.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-30 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-30 15:20 [PATCH] ipwireless_cs driver for 4G PC Card Michael Robb
2007-11-30 15:40 ` Alan Cox [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-11-30 23:49 Michael Robb
2007-11-30 12:55 David Sterba
2007-11-30 13:03 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-12-04 17:33 ` David Sterba
2007-12-07 0:28 ` Marcel Holtmann
2007-11-30 13:11 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-11-30 13:18 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-11-30 14:20 ` Jiri Kosina
2007-12-01 10:45 ` Marcel Holtmann
2007-12-04 17:23 ` David Sterba
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