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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ipwireless_cs driver for 4G PC Card
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.
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