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Bug 1253946

Summary: Dell-branded Sierra Wireless modems require Set FCC Auth command (upstream ModemManager patch)
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: David Ward <david.ward>
Component: ModemManagerAssignee: Dan Williams <dcbw>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 7.1CC: david.ward, dcbw, lrintel, rkhan, sbeal, svashisht, tlavigne, tpelka, vanhoof, vbenes
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Last Closed: 2016-11-04 08:30:54 UTC Type: Bug
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Bug Depends On: 1253943    
Bug Blocks: 1203710, 1223646, 1301628, 1313485    
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Backported commit a83d1c7 from upstream ModemManager none

Description David Ward 2015-08-15 22:14:03 UTC
Dell-branded Sierra Wireless modems will not come online without first sending a DMS Set FCC Authentication command. For more information: https://sigquit.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/dell-branded-sierra-wireless-3g4g-modem-not-online/

This issue was fixed in upstream ModemManager: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/commit/?id=a83d1c70b1f433bcb9a33b4cb1b5e3032050a104

I backported this commit onto RHEL 7 (ModemManager-1.1.0-6.git20130913.el7), and tested that a Dell Wireless 5808e modem now successfully connects to the network. Please add the attached patch to the RHEL 7 ModemManager package.

NOTE: This requires support for the DMS Set FCC Authentication command in libqmi (see blocking bug). This is a build dependency, as the command is part of the libqmi-glib API, so please adjust BuildRequires: accordingly.

Comment 1 David Ward 2015-08-15 22:16:13 UTC
Created attachment 1063338 [details]
Backported commit a83d1c7 from upstream ModemManager

Comment 4 Dan Williams 2015-08-18 21:24:31 UTC
Thanks for the patch David!

Comment 5 Dan Williams 2015-09-15 14:42:54 UTC
*** Bug 1223646 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10 Mike McCune 2016-03-28 22:26:18 UTC
This bug was accidentally moved from POST to MODIFIED via an error in automation, please see mmccune with any questions

Comment 11 Dan Williams 2016-07-19 15:11:38 UTC
Integrated support for FCC auth is now present upstream in ModemManager as of f5cd7476f4bcd3961d408b603344ad5fff03e40d.  Requires libmbim 1.14+ and libqmi 1.16+

Comment 13 Vladimir Benes 2016-09-21 13:32:46 UTC
David, could you please check with beta release (or anything newer) if everything works as expected? I think it's connected to bug 1253943 as well.

Comment 14 Vladimir Benes 2016-09-28 11:51:36 UTC
Dan Williams verified that this is working well

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 08:30:54 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2016-2556.html