** Description changed: [Impact] - The following 2 modems need the ModemManager v1.16.6 suite to be patched from v1.18.2 to fix some problems(LP#1943774, LP#1943780): - * Foxconn SDX55 T99W175 5G sub6 PCIE Modem - * Quectel SDX24 EM160R-GL 4G LTE CAT16 PCIE Modem + The modem manufacture vendors (Foxconn and Quectel) provided utilities to do modem's firmware upgrading manually.(LP#1943774, LP#1943780) + These utilities are verified to be working when the recent versions(> v 1.18.2) of ModemManager are used with. + To support manual firmware upgrading on the current Focal release which is using ModemManager v 1.16.6, we need to apply some patches from v 1.18.2. The requested upstream patches are listed as below: * for Quectel EM160 4G - ** https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/83ac82470589a3672092a0ba0be855093b1cf5e2 + ** https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/83ac82470589a3672092a0ba0be855093b1cf5e2 * for Foxconn T99W175 - ** https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/21ae558fe3600c84b3ca7dcd9bf50a3ba576c7c9 - **https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/76e700f4fd703f952208993330ab098305c13d6b - ** https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/52bf2c641171ded9e617022f40497c8984520371 - ** https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/33e2b023ef01bea9da37ae2beb192f7d92bce47a - ** https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/f72046701659073fbfa97516e155865647acb154 + ** https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/21ae558fe3600c84b3ca7dcd9bf50a3ba576c7c9 + **https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/76e700f4fd703f952208993330ab098305c13d6b + ** https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/52bf2c641171ded9e617022f40497c8984520371 + ** https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/33e2b023ef01bea9da37ae2beb192f7d92bce47a + ** https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/commit/f72046701659073fbfa97516e155865647acb154 + The firmware upgrading was verified using the patched ModemManager v 1.16.6 with the following 2 modems: + * Foxconn SDX55 T99W175 5G sub6 PCIE Modem + * Quectel SDX24 EM160R-GL 4G LTE CAT16 PCIE Modem [Test Plan] 1. Install the Ubuntu image. 2. Boot and login the system. 3. Prepare the modem’s firmware and install the firmware upgrading application provided by Foxconn and Quectel - 4. Using the firmware upgrading application to upgrade the modem’s firmware + 4. Using the firmware upgrading application to upgrade the modem’s firmware 5. Verify if the modem’s firmware upgrading is successful - 6. Reboot + 6. Reboot 7. Verify if the upgraded modem firmware is still working - [Where problems could occur] - The requested upstream patches are for these 2 specific modems and the status information. + The requested upstream patches are for these 2 specific modems. This should not affect existing generic functions and other modems. - [Other Info] - The firmware and the upgrading application can be downloaded from the following link: + The firmware and the upgrading utilities can be downloaded from the following link: * LP#1943774 for Quectel modems * LP#1943780 for Foxconn modems
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