| |
| ModemManager 1.10.0 |
| ------------------------------------------- |
| This is a new stable release of ModemManager. |
| |
| The following notes are directed to package maintainers: |
| |
| * This version requires: |
| ** libmbim >= 1.18.0 (for the optional MBIM support) |
| ** libqmi >= 1.22.0 (for the optional QMI support) |
| |
| The most important features and changes in this release are the following: |
| |
| * udev: |
| ** Consolidated common tag names among all the supported plugins. E.g. |
| ID_MM_PORT_TYPE_GPS, ID_MM_PORT_TYPE_AT_*, ID_MM_PORT_TYPE_QCDM... |
| All these generic tags are included as symbols in the API, and |
| compatibility will be maintained for these. Custom setups of |
| ModemManager relying on previously available per-plugin udev tags may |
| need to manually port them to this new generic subset. |
| ** New tag to allow specifying flow control settings to use in serial ports. |
| |
| * Core: |
| ** Avoid probing other protocols on TTYs tagged in udev with specific port |
| type tags (e.g. avoid probing QCDM if a port is tagged as AT). This allows |
| faster port probing and modem detection for known modem layouts. |
| ** Implemented support to enable and handle +CGEV URCs for asynchronous |
| connection state updates in AT-controlled devices. |
| |
| * Manager interface: |
| ** New runtime daemon version reporting. |
| ** New support for requesting device inhibition, e.g. so that ModemManager |
| stops completely using a modem device until the inhibition is released. |
| This feature is implemented to allow fwupd taking over of a device |
| completely for as long as it needs during a firmware update. |
| |
| * Modem interface: |
| ** All methods are always connected, even in Failed state. |
| ** Allow parallel Enable()/Disable() calls. |
| ** Deprecated redundant ListBearers() method, the read-only Bearers property |
| is already showing the same information. |
| |
| * Bearer interface: |
| ** New 'BearerType' property, e.g. to specify whether a bearer is the initial |
| LTE default bearer or not. |
| ** Deprecated 'number' field in bearer settings. Applications do not need to |
| send the 'number' field in Bearer.Connect() or in Modem.Simple.Connect(), |
| as the setting is totally ignored. |
| |
| * mmcli: |
| ** New 'key-value' output, easier to parse by scripts than the default. |
| ** Removed redundant '--location-get-XXX' actions, as the '--location-get' |
| already reports the location information for all sources. |
| ** Removed redundant '--simple-status' action, as the same information can be |
| obtained through different mmcli operations. |
| ** New manager '--inhibit-device' action and modem-specific '--inhibit', to |
| allow requesting device inhibition. |
| |
| * 3GPP interface: |
| ** New support for exposing the network reported Protocol Configuration |
| Options (PCO), to be used instead of the new deprecated Subscription |
| State property. |
| ** New support for exposing the initial LTE default bearer status. |
| ** New support for configuring the initial LTE default bearer settings. |
| |
| * Location interface: |
| ** New LTE Tracking Area Code (TAC) in 3GPP location information. |
| ** New support for injecting assistance data (e.g. Qualcomm XTRA) into the |
| GNSS engine, useful when there is no mobile connection to use MSA A-GPS. |
| |
| * Firmware interface: |
| ** Support for reporting firmware update support properties, e.g. specifying |
| which update methods are supported. This information will be consumed by |
| fwupd in order to allow upgrading firmware in devices managed by |
| ModemManager. |
| |
| * Voice interface: |
| ** Multiple improvements and fixes in the voice call management logic |
| implemented with generic AT commands. |
| ** Added AudioPort and AudioFormat properties to the Call object. |
| ** Added new generic audio channel setup/cleanup handlers in the Call object. |
| |
| * QMI: |
| ** New LOC service based GNSS support, including A-GPS setup via SUPL server. |
| ** New support for the "extended" LTE band list. |
| ** New support for reading IMSI and ICCID with the UIM service. |
| |
| * MBIM: |
| ** Implemented support for processing Protocol Configuration Options using |
| Microsoft-defined Basic Connect Extensions. |
| ** Implemented support for LTE attach status and configuration using |
| Microsoft-defined Basic Connect Extensions. |
| ** Implemented support for the extended signal interface and for 3GPP location |
| details using the AT&T specific service. |
| ** Implemented support for 3GPP USSD operations using the standard USSD |
| service. |
| ** For Qualcomm-based MBIM devices, those with QMI-over-MBIM support, a whole |
| new set of features is now available, including: QMI LOC/PDS location |
| support, allowed/preferred mode management, frequency band selection, |
| power management operations... |
| |
| * Plugins: |
| ** xmm: new XMM plugin, with shared logic (allowed/preferred mode management, |
| frequency band selection, power management operations, extended signal |
| quality reporting, GPS/A-GPS...) for Intel XMM based devices. |
| ** fibocom: new plugin, with support for generic MBIM and XMM-based devices. |
| ** dell: added support for XMM-based devices, like the DW5820e. |
| ** dell: added custom support for the DW5821e, including 'unmanaged' GPS and |
| firmware update integration details. |
| ** cinterion: new shared interface to include all logic shared between Option |
| and Option/HSO devices. |
| ** sierra-legacy: implemented connection monitoring support. |
| ** u-blox: added support for extended call state transitions. |
| ** u-blox: added CDC-ECM support for SARA/LISA-U2xx modems. |
| ** altair-lte: migrated from SubscriptionState to PCO. |
| |
| All the features and fixes which were backported to 1.8.x releases are also present |
| in ModemManager 1.10.0. |
| |
| |
| ModemManager 1.8.0 |
| ------------------------------------------- |
| This is a new stable release of ModemManager. |
| |
| The following notes are directed to package maintainers: |
| |
| * This version requires: |
| ** GLib 2.36.0 |
| ** gettext 0.19.8 (for the optional rebuild of documentation) |
| ** libmbim >= 1.16.0 (for the optional MBIM support) |
| ** libqmi >= 1.20.0 (for the optional QMI support) |
| ** libsystemd >= 209 or libsystemd-login >= 183 (for the optional suspend |
| and resume support) |
| ** libsystemd >= 209 (for the optional systemd journal support) |
| ** polkit >= 0.97 (for the optional PolicyKit support) |
| |
| * This version no longer requires: |
| ** intltool (replaced by new features in gettext) |
| |
| * Distributions using systemd should explicitly use the following configure |
| options: |
| ** '--with-systemd-suspend-resume': the only supported source for suspend and |
| resume events is now systemd, so the previous '--with-suspend-resume=[]' |
| option was renamed. |
| ** '--with-systemd-journal' to use the new journal support. |
| |
| * Distributions wanting to avoid ModemManager poking TTY ports that isn't |
| supposed to touch may start using the new 'STRICT' filter policy, given |
| as an option to the ModemManager daemon (e.g. patching the default systemd |
| service file provided). See below for more info about the filter policy and |
| the side effects of using the STRICT approach: |
| ** E.g. ModemManager --filter-policy=STRICT |
| |
| The most important features and changes in this release are the following: |
| |
| * New 'filter policy' setting in the ModemManager daemon to decide which ports |
| are probed and how. Currently these levels are defined: |
| ** WHITELIST-ONLY: Only devices or ports explicitly whitelisted with the new |
| 'ID_MM_DEVICE_PROCESS' udev tag are probed. |
| ** DEFAULT: All ports are allowed to be probed except for the ones explicitly |
| greylisted as RS232 adapters or completely blacklisted. This is the |
| default approach that was used until now, and the default as well in this |
| release if a different one isn't requested. |
| ** STRICT: The daemon defines a set of heuristics to try to detect modems and |
| ports to probe. Only the TTY ports that are very very likely to be modem |
| ports are probed, therefore completely avoiding the need of having a |
| separate blacklist or RS232 adapter greylist. But note that this policy |
| may end up ignoring some devices, like TTY controlled modems without an |
| associated network port. |
| ** PARANOID: This is equivalent to running the STRICT mode but also applying |
| the blacklist and RS232 greylist filters explicitly. |
| |
| * Device 'naming'. This release includes logic to allow 'naming' devices with |
| the ID_MM_PHYSDEV_UID udev tag, so that the names can then be used in e.g. |
| mmcli and also exposed in the 'Device' property in the Modem interface. This |
| new setup makes it possible to give the devices unique names that are kept |
| across reboots. |
| |
| * Allow skipping the automatic scan for devices in the daemon with the new |
| '--no-auto-scan' daemon option. Instead, the daemon may be called with the |
| '--initial-kernel-events=[PATH]' option including a predefined list of ports |
| or otherwise get the port additions reported during runtime with the |
| mmcli --report-kernel-event=[] command. |
| |
| * Allow building and running without 'udev'. In this setup, the previously |
| explained '--no-auto-scan' is enabled by default, so ports are not |
| automatically detected .Note that this setup is not suggested for standard |
| distributions: if udev is available in the system, it is the preferred method |
| to manage the port addition and removal. |
| |
| * SIM hot swap. The core includes the needed logic to support SIM hot swap in |
| the different devices, although for now it's only tested for Telit and MBIM |
| modems. If a SIM hot swap is detected, the modem is flagged as failed and |
| reprobed from scratch. |
| |
| * Connection status monitoring logic. In order to try to detect network |
| initiated disconnections, a generic setup is provided to plugins so that they |
| can implement explicit connection status checks that would be executed |
| periodically. |
| |
| * New support for 3GPP CSFB states and operation modes. We now support |
| registration states reported as "SMS only" or "CSFB not preferred", and |
| provide APIs to set and get the "UE mode of operation for EPS". |
| |
| This version comes with the following new features: |
| |
| * Build and system: |
| ** Updated the systemd service file with additional security related rules. |
| ** Added support for systemd journal logging. |
| ** Updated most of the code to use GTask instead of the deprecated |
| GSimpleAsyncResult based operations. |
| ** ChangeLog is built from git during the dist tarball generation. |
| |
| * New translations: Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian, Czech, |
| Ukrainian, Swedish and Indonesian. |
| |
| * API: |
| ** Defined additional GSM, UMTS and LTE frequency bands. |
| ** The MMModemBand enumeration values (EUTRAN, UTRAN and CDMA) have been |
| renamed to consolidate how they are defined. A compatibility layer has |
| been provided to avoid breaking the API. |
| ** New 'HardwareRevision' property in the Modem interface. |
| ** New 'EpsUeModeOperation' property and 'SetEpsUeModeOperation' method in |
| the Modem 3GPP interface. |
| |
| * Core: |
| ** Updated libqcdm to load signal strength from QCDM EVDO Pilot Sets. |
| ** Updated udev rules with new per-vendor rules for quicker processing. |
| ** Explicitly ignored ports are never probed now, but they will be reported |
| as owned by the device and exposed in the Ports property. |
| ** New 'ID_MM_TTY_BAUDRATE' udev tag to specify the baudrate to use in RS232 |
| TTY ports. |
| ** If using UCS2, still assume that the operator name may be given in ASCII. |
| ** Explicitly open QCDM ports anytime it's needed, instead of assuming they |
| are open when enabled. |
| ** Query supported ME event reporting options and automatically set the best |
| choice based on the supported ones. |
| ** Query supported flow control modems and automatically set the best choice |
| based on the supported ones. |
| ** Explicitly configure flow control settings on the TTY as soon as it is |
| connected, only applicable for RS232 devices. |
| ** Implemented generic unlock retries loading. |
| |
| * MBIM: |
| ** Explicitly reprobe the modem when the mbim-proxy is detected dead. |
| ** Workaround implemented to keep track of the PIN1 unlock retries as the |
| protocol isn't very good allowing this. |
| ** Load and expose HW revision. |
| |
| * QMI: |
| ** Explicitly reprobe the modem when the qmi-proxy is detected dead. |
| ** Load and expose HW revision. |
| ** Detect port closed and forbid client allocation operations. |
| ** New optional connection status monitoring support, enabled by default for |
| the Netgear AC341U. |
| |
| * Location interface: |
| ** Disabled by default for MBIM modems. |
| |
| * Messaging interface: |
| ** Try decoding with UTF-16BE when UCS-2 reported. |
| |
| * Plugins: |
| ** u-blox: new plugin, currently supporting the TOBY-L2, TOBY-L4, TOBY-R2, |
| LARA-R2 and LISA-R2. |
| ** quectel: new plugin, supporting generic AT/QMI based modems. |
| ** cinterion: implemented support for devices exposing a WWAN network |
| interface. |
| ** cinterion: support changing modes in LTE capable devices. |
| ** cinterion: added GPS support for devices controlled only with AT^SGPSC. |
| ** cinterion: use ^SIND unsolicited messages for access tech reporting. |
| ** huawei: implemented Signal interface. |
| ** telit: added support for RS232, QMI and MBIM modems. |
| ** novatel: cleaned up registration state and access tech reporting. |
| ** novatel-lte: implemented unlock retries loading. |
| ** dell: speed probing time up and reduce udev dependency. |
| ** mbm: added GPS support for the Dell DW5560. |
| |
| The following features which were backported to 1.6.x releases are also present |
| in ModemManager 1.8.0: |
| |
| * Build and System: |
| ** Explicitly use -DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_36 and |
| -DGLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=GLIB_VERSION_2_36 so that we don't get warnings |
| for GLib features that are flagged as deprecated in newer versions. |
| ** Dropped After=syslog.target rule in systemd service file. |
| ** Added all ModemManager udev tags also in "bind" events. |
| |
| * Core: |
| ** Improved detection of 4G-only modems. |
| ** TTY is set as connected as soon as ATD replies. |
| ** Removed the default ID_MM_PLATFORM_DRIVER_PROBE whitelist. |
| |
| * Signal interface: |
| ** Report RSCP if available. |
| ** New generic implementation of the Signal interface in AT-based devices |
| using AT+CESQ. |
| |
| * QMI: |
| ** Run FCC auth sequence if "InvalidTransition" is reported when going |
| online. |
| ** Added WDS reporting event support. |
| |
| * Plugins: |
| ** huawei: let the E3372 run NDISDUP via TTY (when the exposed cdc-wdm is |
| non-functional). |
| ** telit: added support for the GE910. |
| |
| ModemManager 1.6.0 |
| ------------------------------------------- |
| This is a new stable release of ModemManager. |
| |
| * This version requires: |
| ** GLib 2.36.0 |
| ** gettext 0.19.3 |
| ** libmbim >= 1.14.0 (for the optional MBIM support) |
| ** libqmi >= 1.16.0 (for the optional QMI support) |
| ** libsystemd >= 209 or libsystemd-login >= 183 (for the optional suspend |
| and resume support) |
| |
| * For distributions using systemd, it is suggested that the new optional |
| suspend/resume is explicitly requested during configure with the new |
| '--with-suspend-resume=systemd' argument. |
| |
| This version comes with the following new features: |
| |
| * Core: |
| ** Implemented support for suspend/resume detection, currently working |
| when systemd is in use. Whenever the system is suspended, we'll flag the |
| modems as invalid so that they are re-probed from scratch when the system |
| is resumed. |
| ** Added cancellation support for the probing operations. |
| ** Reworked and simplified the serial port response processing. |
| |
| * Location interface: |
| ** Added A-GPS support, currently available only for QMI based modems with |
| PDS service. |
| ** Added support for updating the default GPS refresh time. |
| |
| * Time interface: |
| ** New default implementation for all AT-based modems. |
| |
| * Voice interface: |
| ** New DBus interface to allow the management of voice calls, which currently |
| assumes that the audio channel is setup out of ModemManager. |
| |
| * Bearer: |
| ** New support for reporting statistics of the ongoing connection with a new |
| 'Stats' property, currently available for QMI and MBIM based modems. |
| |
| * QMI: |
| ** Implemented support for devices which only work in "raw IP" mode, like |
| the Sierra MC7455. |
| ** Implemented support for SIM related operations using the UIM service, as |
| newer modems with multi-SIM capabilities don't suppor the legacy DMS UIM |
| operations. |
| ** Implemented support for detecting network-initiated disconnections. |
| |
| * MBIM: |
| ** If online mode fails, try to use the 'DMS Set FCC Authentication' QMI |
| message via the QMI-over-MBIM support, if supported by the device. |
| |
| * udev: |
| ** Added new supported 'ID_MM_PORT_IGNORE' tag to allow fully ignoring ports |
| specified by the user. |
| |
| * mmcli: |
| ** Added command completion. |
| ** Added new operations to use the Voice interface. |
| ** Added new operations to manage the A-GPS settings. |
| |
| * Build: |
| ** Added code coverage support. |
| |
| * Plugins: |
| ** haier: new plugin to support the Haier CE81B. |
| ** thuraya: new plugin for Thuraya satellite modems. |
| ** sierra-legacy,sierra: the implementation for Sierra modems is now split |
| into two different plugins: a 'legacy' one for the old PPP and DirectIP |
| based modems and the standard one for the newer QMI and MBIM based ones. |
| ** dell: new plugin for Dell rebranded devices from Novatel, Sierra or |
| Ericsson. |
| ** gobi: removed the plugin. All non-vendor specific QMI devices should now |
| be managed by the generic plugin. |
| ** mbm: dynamically load the list of supported modes. |
| ** mbm: fixed several connection/disconnection issues. |
| ** simtech: support QMI devices. |
| ** huawei: implemented Voice call management support. |
| ** huawei: use static IP addressing in NDISDUP capable devices if the AT^DHCP |
| response provides the IP details. |
| |
| The following features which were backported to 1.4.x releases are also present |
| in ModemManager 1.6.0: |
| |
| * MBIM: |
| ** The mbim-proxy is used by default. |
| ** Implemented support for disconnection status notification while connected. |
| ** Disabled CDMA capabilities, until properly supported. |
| |
| * QMI: |
| ** The qmi-proxy is used by default. |
| ** If online mode fails, use 'DMS Set FCC Authentication', required by some |
| rebranded Sierra modems (e.g. Dell branded ones). |
| ** Implemented support for loading SIM operator id and name. |
| ** Implemented power-cycle reset functionality. |
| |
| * Plugins: |
| ** telit: added support for new devices, like HE910, UE910 and UL865. |
| ** telit: implemented dynamic port identification. |
| ** telit: implemented unlock retries loading. |
| ** telit: implemented supported/current bands management. |
| ** telit: implemented supported/current modes management. |
| ** telit: implemented modem reset and power down. |
| ** mbm: implemented GPS support for Ericsson HS2350 and H5321gw modems. |
| |
| |
| ModemManager 1.4.0 |
| ------------------------------------------- |
| This is a new stable release of ModemManager. |
| |
| * This version requires libmbim >= 1.10.0. |
| |
| This version comes with the following updates in the interfaces: |
| |
| * Updated the logic around the IP configuration properties in the Bearer: |
| ** Setting DHCP as IP method in the IPv6 settings means that SLAAC should |
| be used to retrieve correct addressing and routing details. |
| ** DHCP IP method may now be combined with an explicit static IP address, as |
| IPv6 SLAAC may require the link-local address to be present. |
| ** MTU is now also included in the IP configuration properties, if specified |
| by the modem, and applicable to both DHCP and STATIC methods. |
| * New 'OFF' power state, which fully switches off the modem device. After |
| setting the modem in this state, no further use of it can be done. Currently |
| available in Wavecom and Cinterion. |
| * Location interface: new 'unmanaged GPS' support, which allows to start/stop |
| the GPS module in the modem, while leaving the location information retrieval |
| to other processes. Currently available in modems with independent GPS TTYs, |
| like Option/HSO, Cinterion and Huawei. |
| * New Test DBus interface: not to be installed, just for internal system tests. |
| |
| Other notable changes include: |
| * MBIM: support for ZTE and Sequans Communications modems. |
| * Ericsson MBM: Support for AT-capable /dev/cdc-wdm ports. |
| * Huawei: improved support for Network time retrieval. |
| * Huawei: implemented GPS support. |
| * Huawei: support for /dev/cdc-wdm AT ports via the new huawei-cdc-ncm driver. |
| * Cinterion: implemented GPS support. |
| * Cinterion: implemented unlock retries loading. |
| * Cinterion: gather port types for multi-tty devices. |
| * Cinterion: custom wait for SIM readiness after SIM-PIN unlock. |
| * Wavecom: custom wait for SIM readiness after SIM-PIN unlock. |
| * Probing: new flag to identify hotplugged devices which don't need full reset. |
| * Tests: internal refactor of the ports handling code, allowing test-driven |
| virtual ports and system tests run during 'make check'. This new feature also |
| comes with a new internal 'Test' DBus interface, as well as new --test-[*] |
| options in the ModemManager program. |
| * and many more fixes... |
| |
| |
| ModemManager 1.2.0 |
| ------------------------------------------- |
| This is a new stable release of ModemManager. |
| |
| This version comes with the following updates in the interfaces: |
| |
| * Signal interface: new interface for extended signal quality information |
| * OMA interface: new interface to expose the Device Management capabilities |
| defined by the Open Mobile Alliance |
| * Messaging interface: new 'Messages' property |
| * Modem interface: new 'Bearers' property |
| * 3GPP interface: new 'SubscriptionState' property |
| |
| Other notable changes include: |
| |
| * QMI: Implemented Manual CDMA activation logic |
| * QMI: Implemented 3GPP2/CDMA SMS support |
| * QMI: Added support for QMI modems in the ZTE, x22x and Cinterion plugins. |
| * Huawei: multiple improvements and fixes for the ^NDISDUP support |
| * Huawei: new mode/switching logic with ^SYSCFGEX for LTE-capable devices |
| * Altair-LTE: set subscription state based on PCO |
| * MediaTek: new 'mtk' plugin added for MediaTek devices |
| * libmm-glib: Added GObject Introspection and Vala support |
| * and many more fixes... |
| |
| |
| ModemManager 1.0.0 |
| ------------------------------------------- |
| |
| This is a new stable release of ModemManager. Notable changes include: |
| |
| * More flexible D-Bus API that accounts for the capabilities of modern devices |
| * Native support for Gobi and QMI-based Qualcomm devices via libqmi |
| * Native support for MBIM-based devices via libmbim |
| * Preliminary support for GPS-based Location Services with some devices |
| * More complete messaging API |
| * New libmm-glib client library |
| * New fully-featured command-line client (mmcli) |
| * systemd integration |
| * and much more... |