[OpenWrt-Devel] [ModemManager] How can I make ModemManager work right?

Jeonghum Joh oosaprogrammer at gmail.com
Wed May 6 09:03:36 EDT 2020


Hello Alexander and people,

I guess I could try other LTE/5G modem.
I'd like to know what is best supported by ModemManager or OpenWRT/LEDE.

Could you please name them. Let me know some please.

Thank you very much.

Hucom wireless told me they don't support ModemManager.

Jeonghum

2020년 5월 6일 (수) 오후 2:37, Jeonghum Joh <oosaprogrammer at gmail.com>님이 작성:

> Hello Alexander and people in the list,
>
> Let me provide some additional information and new test log messages.
>
> The problem I reported is improved one setp. Originally it was like:
>    root at LEDE:~# mmcli -L
>    error: couldn't create manager: Timeout was reached
>
> Now it is like:
>    root at LEDE:~# mmcli -L
>    No modems were found
>
> I had to enable "dbus-utils" under "Utilities" of openwrt make menuconfig.
> So it seems that now mmcli talks with ModemManager at last. The problem now
> belongs to ModemManager not in the mmcli.
>
>
> And I created the rule file you provided:
>
> # vim /lib/udev/rules.d/78-mm-custom.rules to fit to my modem:
> ACTION!="add|change|move", GOTO="mm_custom_end"
> DEVPATH=="/sys/devices/platform/1a0c0000.usb/usb2/2-1",
> ENV{ID_MM_TTY_BAUDRATE}="115200"
> DEVPATH=="/sys/devices/platform/1a0c0000.usb/usb2/2-1",
> ENV{ID_MM_TTY_FLOW_CONTROL}="xon-xoff"
> LABEL="mm_custom_end"
>
> I wonder if these rule files are supposed to be provided from the modem
> provider. In my case, it is Hucom wireless.
> Can I ask them to provide this file?
>
> My modem is supposed to operate with this configs:
>
> device      : /dev/ttyUSB1
> baudrate  : 115200,
> parity        : none,
> data         : 8,
> stop          : 1,
> flow          : xon_xoff
>
> And I added config section like shown below in the /etc/config/network:
>
> config interface 'broadband'
>         option device '/sys/devices/platform/1a0c0000.usb/usb2/2-1'
>         option proto 'modemmanager'
>         option apn '5g-internet.sktelecom.com'
>         option username ''
>         option password ''
>         option pincode ''
>         option lowpower '1'
>
> I don't know the username and password, but maybe it wouldn't be needed at
> all. the pincode... I have no idea with this..
>
> And also I added "--debug" in the start script /etc/rc.d/S70modemmanager:
>
> procd_set_param command /usr/sbin/ModemManager --debug
>
> And with these conditions, I rebooted my linux box and after the reboot is
> done, maybe 5 minutes later I captured log message:
> logread > logread_last.log
>
> And I attached it in this email. Please find the log message and see it
> through.
>
> And you wanted to know what modem is mine:
> The modem is HUCOM HM-900
>
> Kernel message related to the hucom modem:
> ==== [hucom_wwan_bind] : HUCOM HM9xx ====
> qmi_wwan_hucom 2-1:1.2: cdc-wdm0: USB WDM device
> HUCOM usbnet bind here
> qmi_wwan_hucom 2-1:1.2 wwan0: register 'qmi_wwan_hucom' at
> usb-1a0c0000.usb-1, HUCOM wwan/QMI device, a2:25:55:58:dd:dd
> ==== [hucom_wwan_bind] : HUCOM HM9xx ====
> ahci 1a200000.sata: couldn't get PHY in node sata: -517
> qmi_wwan_hucom: probe of 2-1:1.3 failed with error -22
> ==== [hucom_wwan_bind] : HUCOM HM9xx ====
> qmi_wwan_hucom: probe of 2-1:1.4 failed with error -22
> usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan_hucom
> l2tp_ppp: PPPoL2TP kernel driver, V2.0
> usbcore: registered new interface driver option
> usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
> option 2-1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
> usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> option 2-1:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
> ahci 1a200000.sata: couldn't get PHY in node sata: -517
> usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> option 2-1:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
> ahci 1a200000.sata: couldn't get PHY in node sata: -517
> option 2-1:1.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
> ahci 1a200000.sata: couldn't get PHY in node sata: -517
> option 2-1:1.5: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
> ahci 1a200000.sata: couldn't get PHY in node sata: -517
> usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB4
> ahci 1a200000.sata: couldn't get PHY in node sata: -517
> kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
>
>
> My system environement(HW/SW) :
>
> Target Model        : MediaTek MT7622 AC4300rfb1 board
> Firmware Version : LEDE Reboot 17.01-SNAPSHOT unknown / LuCI
> Kernel Version      : 4.4.124
> Modem                 : HUCOM HM-900
> ModemManager
> Version                 : 1.12.8
> menuconfig          : (QMI on, MBIM off)
>
> It is QMI device.
> qmichannel                                            : /dev/cdc-wdm0
> usbnet_adapter                                      : /sys/class/net/wwan0
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1/manufacturer : QCOM
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1/idVendor        :05C6
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1/idProduct       :90db
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1/speed             :5000
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1/product          :SDXPRAIRIE-MTP _SN:B02CE51B
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1/version           :3.20
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1:1.2/net/wwan0
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1:1.2/net/wwan0/device/driver
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1:1.2/net/wwan0/device
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1:1.2/usbmisc/cdc-wdm0
> /sys/devices/platform/1a0c0000.usb/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.2
>
> Kernel modules watched via lsmod
> cdc_wdm                 8821  1 qmi_wwan
> qmi_wwan                6252  0
> usbcore               153512 20
> option,usb_wwan,qmi_wwan,cdc_ncm,cdc_ether,usbserial,usbnet,usblp,cdc_wdm,cdc_acm,usb_storage,xhci_mtk,xhci_plat_hcd,xhci_pci,xhci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ohci_platform,ohci_hcd,ehci_platform,ehci_hcd
> usbnet                 19027  3 qmi_wwan,cdc_ncm,cdc_ether
>
> And usbnet adapter kernel module : qmi_wwan.c  written by Bjørn Mork
> USB serial driver option.c written by Matthias Urlichs
>
> Do I miss anything?
>
> F.Y.I. the modemmanager was not included in my OpenWRT source code. I
> copied it from https://github.com/openwrt/packages and I just enabled it
> via openwrt make menuconfig.
>
> Thank you very much in advance!
>
> Jeonghum
>
>
> 2020년 5월 6일 (수) 오전 12:22, Aleksander Morgado <aleksander at aleksander.es>님이
> 작성:
>
>> Hey Jeonghum,
>>
>> > Thank you for the very kind message!
>> > I tried "mmcli -L" and received an error message:
>> >   root at LEDE:~# mmcli -L
>> >   error: couldn't create manager: Timeout was reached
>> >
>>
>> This is extremely weird, and it would show some issue with your setup,
>> maybe with how DBus is installed/running in the system. mmcli should
>> never fail in that way; if the ModemManager daemon owns the
>> well-known-name in DBus, a manager object should be created; and if
>> there is no MM daemon running, mmcli would just return with a
>> different error (couldn't find the ModemManager process in the bus).
>> The fact that you're getting a timeout when trying to talk to the DBus
>> server is not expected at all.
>>
>> > I added "--debug" option into the ModemManager start command.
>> > I used device path: "/sys/devices/platform/1a0c0000.usb/usb2/2-1" in
>> the /etc/config/network.
>> >
>> > And I got an logread output file.
>> > I will attach it to this email.
>> >
>> > I already posted this question to the ModemManager maillist also:
>> >
>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/modemmanager-devel/2020-May/007798.html
>> >
>> > So now I'm waiting Alexander's reply message about my problem.
>>
>> I'm also in this mailing list :D
>>
>> > But, If you have any idea, please let me know.
>> >
>>
>> Did you try with the suggestion to configure baudrate and flow control
>> settings? Looking at the kind of modem you're working with, I highly
>> doubt those port settings will have any effect at the end, as you're
>> really a device that exposes the TTY via USB port, and it also looks
>> like you have a cdc-wdm+wwan pair (QMI? MBIM?). What modem
>> manufacturer/model is this?
>>
>> --
>> Aleksander
>> https://aleksander.es
>>
>
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