Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:40:23 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ipwireless_cs driver for 4G PC Card |
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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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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