GPRS support for Ofono

[Denis Kenzior]

Hi Remi,

> Le mercredi 2 septembre 2009 18:00:22 Denis Kenzior, vous avez écrit :
> > Actually this one is missing from the API proposal.  Marcel already
> > wanted the context type (internet, mms, wap, etc) information.  I've
> > updated the proposed API in git.
>
> This is not going to work.
>
> Depending on the operator, you may have more than one "type" for a single
> context (e.g. WAP+MMS), or worse, multiple contexts of the same type (e.g.
> Internet with only Web and Internet with full IP).

Worst case we make the field completely freeform.  Right now we really only 
care about "internet" type for connman.

>
> > As discussed previously, we want oFono to manage this data, since it can
> > do this by using the IMSI.  So if you insert a different operator SIM
> > your APN settings are magically updated for that operator.
>
> I have a feeling this does not work either. If I upgrade my subscription,
> the APN may change while not the IMSI, no?

Yes, but then you will probably receive an SMS/OTA message with new connection 
details.  Which either oFono or some external application will apply to your 
GPRS settings.

> > This really belong in the kernel.  Only the kernel can reliably know when
> > a network interface has been brought down and notify the interested
> > applications with the statistics.
>
> You're missing the point.
>
> Yes, any body can extract the statistics for a running context. But data
> counters are cumulating. To compute the sum properly, there are but two
> options:
> # Either the GPRS middleware requests kernel per-interface statistics right
> before destroying the interface, and sums with the earlier total.
> # Or the modem does it internally.

I know why you want this, but I'm still against the counter being an oFono 
driver API.  There needs to be a proper kernel interface that signals the 
application when an interface has gone away with the rx/tx details.  This way 
we handle this generically for all modems without relying on some intrinsic 
hardware capabilities.

The rx/tx counter not being reported via PropertyChanged is also a bad idea 
since it breaks our API conventions.  I can deal with a one-time signal being 
emitted when the interface has gone away though.

Regards,
-Denis