netdev - Re: MBIM device refusing to be enabled

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Date:	Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:22:25 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Cc:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: MBIM device refusing to be enabled

On Wed, 2013-10-09 at 13:09 +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no> writes:

Hi,

> 
> > Sorry, that was nonsense.  rfkill would only affect the HwRadioState.
> 
> Turns out I wasn't completely off anyway... by pure luck ;-)
> 
> > Looking at the commands following this message, it appears that MM
> > correctly attempts to enable the SwRadioState but fails.  I don't know
> > why.

Cool.

> Is the device by any chance a Sierra Wireless device?

Yes. Rebranded by HP but it is Sierra.
HP lt4111 LTE/EV-DO/HSPA+ Gobi 4G Module

> I was able to recreate the behaviour you see after experimenting a bit
> with my MC7710.  This device (and I assume most other MBIM capable
> Sierra Wireless minicards) can be configured to enter low power mode on
> rfkill (W_DISABLE asserted), instead of powering off.  Sony for example
> are known to configure the built-in Sierra devices in this mode.
> 
> When low power mode is forced by rfkill this way, the firmware
> erroneously[1] claims
> 
>  HwRadioState: on
>  SwRadioState: off
> 
> Any attempt to change this software state using MBIM will fail with
> MBIM_STATUS_FAILURE.  Exactly like your log shows.  The modem must be
> enabled using rfkill before MM can use it. Changing the firmware
> behaviour will not do any good - it will just cause the modem to power
> off and disappear instead.
> 
> So I would start looking at rfkill after all.  There are often problems
> with these platform drivers and newer laptops, due to the lack of
> documentation from the vendors.  Here's one (now fixed) example:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47751

Thanks. A quick look shows that there's something wrong. There is no
rfkill entry for the device. I am investigating.

	Thank you
		Oliver


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