The following issue is causing us some grief and I really need some
guidance on how to approach this. This is being sent to both the ofono
and connman mailing lists because it's not really clear to me who's
doing the right/wrong thing here...
The connman ofono plugin does the following:
i) It powers up (enables) the modem
ii) If cellular tech is enabled, it brings the modem online
For an LTE-modem, this second step results in a default bearer being
attached and thereby the modem is 'connected'. The third connman step,
setting the ofono context to Active, is not required for LTE; the
context becomes 'Active=true' right away.
The above effectively means that it's not possible to have an LTE modem
that does not auto-connect (in connman terms).
Now the APN that ofono sets on the LTE context is 'automatic'; that was
selected because connman _requires_ some APN or else it ignores the
context altogther.
If the modem roams away from LTE connectivity and wants to fallback to
UMTS/GSM, it needs another context with a valid APN. So now the modem
has two 'internet' contexts ('automatic' and APN) which connman presents
as two distinct services.
These two services, as far as I can tell, end up competing with each
other when connecting and a mess ensues... if the lower numbered context
is the 3G context, connman goes into an endless loop attempting to set
it Active and continuously failing when the tech switches to LTE.
The question is, what are the expectations here:
i) What does it mean for connman to see two 'internet' contexts since
it sets up two services for them?
ii) How is a modem supposed to roam between LTE and UMTS/GSM networks
when one requires an APN and the other does not.
iii) Not auto-connecting an LTE modem means not bringing it online; what
implications does this have for connman?
The above is currently a bit of a confusing mess and both ofono and
connman get themselves tied in a knot when the modem switches between
LTE and non-LTE techs. Any guidance on how to approach this would be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Jonas
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