Modem emulator and DUN server side for oFono and BlueZ

[Zhang, Zhenhua]

Hi Suraj,

suraj wrote:
> Hi Zhenhua,
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 06:27 +0530, Zhang, Zhenhua wrote:
>> Hi Padovan,
>> 
>> Gustavo F. Padovan wrote:
>>> Hi Zhenhua,
>>> 
>>> * Zhang, Zhenhua <zhenhua.zhang at intel.com> [2010-04-27 15:53:54
>>> +0800]: 
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I am now working on modem emulator and one usage is for DUN
>>> server role. Since Padovan is working on client role, it's
>>> good to share my rough thinking for server side
>>> implementation. Here are the simple steps I have:
>>>> 
>>>> 1. Create an oFono emulator atom in oFono. It's the emulator
>>> manager that could create DUN, HFP AG or SPP type emulators.
>>> It exposes dbus methods like CreateEmulator, DestroyEmulator,
>>> GetProperty, etc.
>>>> 
>>>> 2. DUN agent server in BlueZ watch oFono and call
>>> CreateEmulator and pass the file descriptor to oFono. This
>>> server could further implement HFP AG and SPP connection.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Shouldn't the emulator register itself on the BlueZ agent server?
>> 
>> It's fine to register the emulator like HFP client. In this
> way, we might able to share the agent with DUN server as well. Thanks.
>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Gustavo F. Padovan
>>> http://padovan.org
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Zhenhua
>> 
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> 
> Do you have DUNP server emulator implemented?
> I was thinking about implementing the same. But would like to use your
> implementation if you have already done it.
> 
> Regards
> Suraj

Yes, I am working DUN server part now. (I assume 'DUNP' you mentioned is 'DUN', dialing up networking). I am trying to submit patches to upstream now. Hope it could be ready asap so you can try it if interested. Thanks.

Regards,
Zhenhua