Re: difference in option.ko and sierra.ko Linux drivers
You mean to say only Sierra has its own proprietary commands and no one else ? What is so special about Sierra that requires a dedicated driver in Linux while rest of all vendors share the same option driver ? Does Sierra do something unique and different from rest of all vendors? Thanks On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 12:19 AM, Dan Williams d...@redhat.com wrote: On Thu, 2015-01-29 at 06:23 -0800, Greg KH wrote: On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 02:50:13PM +0530, temp sha wrote: Can any one let me know the difference in option and sierra kernel modules ? looks like both drivers support GSM modem. And from the source code perspective both look similar. I am able to load sierra module for my Huawei USB dongle E156 and able to connect to internet using pppd. Is it OK to use sierra driver for Huawei in case there is no technical issue? If yes why there are two different modules? They support two different chipsets and control them differently. If the sierra module works for your hardware, great! Please send us a patch that adds the device id to the driver and we will be glad to merge it into the kernel tree. I'd really, really rather not have non-Sierra devices controlled by 'sierra'. There are some Sierra-specific things the driver does, like interface enumeration, enabling/disabling power state and NMEA ports using Sierra-proprietary commands, and a few other things. Since PPP-using Huawei devices are usually done by 'option', I'd prefer to have them added there, and if there is some issue, then I'd prefer to have that issue fixed in option. Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-usb in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: difference in option.ko and sierra.ko Linux drivers
On Thu, 2015-02-05 at 07:33 -0800, Greg KH wrote: On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 07:36:40PM +0530, temp sha wrote: You mean to say only Sierra has its own proprietary commands and no one else ? What is so special about Sierra that requires a dedicated driver in Linux while rest of all vendors share the same option driver ? Does Sierra do something unique and different from rest of all vendors? Sierra does unique things for their chips, the driver source itself should explain this. Yes, it has some specific commands for power control and a few other functions. While it is not extremely different than option, the Sierra driver is currently meant to drive Sierra devices. temp sha, what is the problem with using the Huawei device with the option driver? Is there a bug that prevents the device from working there? Every other non-Gobi/non-MBIM Huawei device is currently driven by 'option' and I think yours should also be the same. Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-usb in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: difference in option.ko and sierra.ko Linux drivers
On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 07:36:40PM +0530, temp sha wrote: You mean to say only Sierra has its own proprietary commands and no one else ? What is so special about Sierra that requires a dedicated driver in Linux while rest of all vendors share the same option driver ? Does Sierra do something unique and different from rest of all vendors? Sierra does unique things for their chips, the driver source itself should explain this. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-usb in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
difference in option.ko and sierra.ko Linux drivers
Can any one let me know the difference in option and sierra kernel modules ? looks like both drivers support GSM modem. And from the source code perspective both look similar. I am able to load sierra module for my Huawei USB dongle E156 and able to connect to internet using pppd. Is it OK to use sierra driver for Huawei in case there is no technical issue? If yes why there are two different modules? Thanks -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-usb in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: difference in option.ko and sierra.ko Linux drivers
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 02:50:13PM +0530, temp sha wrote: Can any one let me know the difference in option and sierra kernel modules ? looks like both drivers support GSM modem. And from the source code perspective both look similar. I am able to load sierra module for my Huawei USB dongle E156 and able to connect to internet using pppd. Is it OK to use sierra driver for Huawei in case there is no technical issue? If yes why there are two different modules? They support two different chipsets and control them differently. If the sierra module works for your hardware, great! Please send us a patch that adds the device id to the driver and we will be glad to merge it into the kernel tree. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-usb in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: difference in option.ko and sierra.ko Linux drivers
On Thu, 2015-01-29 at 06:23 -0800, Greg KH wrote: On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 02:50:13PM +0530, temp sha wrote: Can any one let me know the difference in option and sierra kernel modules ? looks like both drivers support GSM modem. And from the source code perspective both look similar. I am able to load sierra module for my Huawei USB dongle E156 and able to connect to internet using pppd. Is it OK to use sierra driver for Huawei in case there is no technical issue? If yes why there are two different modules? They support two different chipsets and control them differently. If the sierra module works for your hardware, great! Please send us a patch that adds the device id to the driver and we will be glad to merge it into the kernel tree. I'd really, really rather not have non-Sierra devices controlled by 'sierra'. There are some Sierra-specific things the driver does, like interface enumeration, enabling/disabling power state and NMEA ports using Sierra-proprietary commands, and a few other things. Since PPP-using Huawei devices are usually done by 'option', I'd prefer to have them added there, and if there is some issue, then I'd prefer to have that issue fixed in option. Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-usb in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
