Hey hey,
This is a new major release of ModemManager, which will be the base for the
1.10.x stable series (the new "mm-1-10" branch in git). The release has been
tagged as "1.10.0".
Thanks to everyone involved!
ModemManager 1.10.0
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The following notes are directed to package maintainers:
* This version requires:
** libmbim >= 1.18.0 (for the optional MBIM support)
** libqmi >= 1.22.0 (for the optional QMI support)
The most important features and changes in this release are the following:
* udev:
** Consolidated common tag names among all the supported plugins. E.g.
ID_MM_PORT_TYPE_GPS, ID_MM_PORT_TYPE_AT_*, ID_MM_PORT_TYPE_QCDM... All these
generic tags are included as symbols in the API, and compatibility will be
maintained for these. Custom setups of ModemManager relying on previously
available per-plugin udev tags may need to manually port them to this new
generic subset.
** New tag to allow specifying flow control settings to use in serial ports.
* Core:
** Avoid probing other protocols on TTYs tagged in udev with specific port
type tags (e.g. avoid probing QCDM if a port is tagged as AT). This allows
faster port probing and modem detection for known modem layouts.
** Implemented support to enable and handle +CGEV URCs for asynchronous
connection state updates in AT-controlled devices.
* Manager interface:
** New runtime daemon version reporting.
** New support for requesting device inhibition, e.g. so that ModemManager
stops completely using a modem device until the inhibition is released. This
feature is implemented to allow fwupd taking over of a device completely for as
long as it needs during a firmware update.
* Modem interface:
** All methods are always connected, even in Failed state.
** Allow parallel Enable()/Disable() calls.
** Deprecated redundant ListBearers() method, the read-only Bearers property
is already showing the same information.
* Bearer interface:
** New 'BearerType' property, e.g. to specify whether a bearer is the
initial LTE default bearer or not.
** Deprecated 'number' field in bearer settings. Applications do not need to
send the 'number' field in Bearer.Connect() or in Modem.Simple.Connect(), as
the setting is totally ignored.
* mmcli:
** New 'key-value' output, easier to parse by scripts than the default.
** Removed redundant '--location-get-XXX' actions, as the '--location-get'
already reports the location information for all sources.
** Removed redundant '--simple-status' action, as the same information can
be obtained through different mmcli operations.
** New manager '--inhibit-device' action and modem-specific '--inhibit', to
allow requesting device inhibition.
* 3GPP interface:
** New support for exposing the network reported Protocol Configuration
Options (PCO), to be used instead of the new deprecated Subscription State
property.
** New support for exposing the initial LTE default bearer status.
** New support for configuring the initial LTE default bearer settings.
* Location interface:
** New LTE Tracking Area Code (TAC) in 3GPP location information.
** New support for injecting assistance data (e.g. Qualcomm XTRA) into the
GNSS engine, useful when there is no mobile connection to use MSA A-GPS.
* Firmware interface:
** Support for reporting firmware update support properties, e.g. specifying
which update methods are supported. This information will be consumed by fwupd
in order to allow upgrading firmware in devices managed by ModemManager.
* Voice interface:
** Multiple improvements and fixes in the voice call management logic
implemented with generic AT commands.
** Added AudioPort and AudioFormat properties to the Call object.
** Added new generic audio channel setup/cleanup handlers in the Call object.
* QMI:
** New LOC service based GNSS support, including A-GPS setup via SUPL server.
** New support for the "extended" LTE band list.
** New support for reading IMSI and ICCID with the UIM service.
* MBIM:
** Implemented support for processing Protocol Configuration Options using
Microsoft-defined Basic Connect Extensions.
** Implemented support for LTE attach status and configuration using
Microsoft-defined Basic Connect Extensions.
** Implemented support for the extended signal interface and for 3GPP
location details using the AT&T specific service.
** Implemented support for 3GPP USSD operations using the standard USSD
service.
** For Qualcomm-based MBIM devices, those with QMI-over-MBIM support, a
whole new set of features is now available, including: QMI LOC/PDS location
support, allowed/preferred mode management, frequency band selection, power
management operations...
* Plugins:
** xmm: new XMM plugin, with shared logic (allowed/preferred mode
management, frequency band selection, power management operations, extended
signal quality reporting, GPS/A-GPS...) for Intel XMM based devices.
** fibocom: new plugin, with support for generic MBIM and XMM-based devices.
** dell: added support for XMM-based devices, like the DW5820e.
** dell: added custom support for the DW5821e, including 'unmanaged' GPS and
firmware update integration details.
** cinterion: new shared interface to include all logic shared between
Option and Option/HSO devices.
** sierra-legacy: implemented connection monitoring support.
** u-blox: added support for extended call state transitions.
** u-blox: added CDC-ECM support for SARA/LISA-U2xx modems.
** altair-lte: migrated from SubscriptionState to PCO.
All the features and fixes which were backported to 1.8.x releases are also
present in ModemManager 1.10.0.
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About ModemManager:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ModemManager
Download here:
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/ModemManager-1.10.0.tar.xz
Verify it:
$ md5sum ModemManager-1.10.0.tar.xz
92d25176d0cc9d588ca29700b33c7d98 ModemManager-1.10.0.tar.xz
APIs and manpages here:
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/api/1.10.0
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/libmm-glib/1.10.0
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/man/1.10.0/ModemManager.8.html
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/man/1.10.0/mmcli.1.html
Please report bugs either to:
modemmanager-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Or to gitlab:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/issues
--
Aleksander
https://aleksander.es
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