Replicant

P.S. Credit to https://github.com/fourkbomb/linux/tree/modem for the HSIC devicetree code.

Denis is doing some upstream modem work in this repo that continues on the work forkbomb was doing at the link above: https://git.replicant.us/contrib/GNUtoo/kernel_replicant_linux/log/?h=replicant-11-i9300-modem

Joey Hewitt wrote:

I'll track work on LTE modems on mainline kernel. The attached patch goes in the kernel. Build and install https://github.com/technexion-android/platform_external_libgpiod, then run the following script:

[...]

The modem should now appear in lsusb, in QDL mode. I am trying to figure out how to boot it. I'm using https://git.replicant.us/contrib/scintill/external_modem-boot/ with some obsolete pieces stripped out, but now the modem sends a non-existent command 0. I don't know why, but some guesses are that the HSIC is buggy in this kernel, or the old kernel does something I don't know about to get the modem in the right state.

Hi Joey - have you done any more work? I am interested in getting LTE up and running, and would appreciate liaising with you over this - are you on IRC at all?

Many thanks,

Jack K

I added a couple of USB IDs from smdk4412 kernel in qcserial driver:

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c
index c18bf8164bc2..e20443289df6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ static const struct usb_device_id id_table[] = {
     {USB_DEVICE(0x03f0, 0x371d)},    /* HP un2430 Gobi 3000 QDL */
     {USB_DEVICE(0x05c6, 0x920c)},    /* Gobi 3000 QDL */
     {USB_DEVICE(0x05c6, 0x920d)},    /* Gobi 3000 Composite */
+    {USB_DEVICE(0x05c6, 0x9048)},    /* MDM9x15 device */
+    {USB_DEVICE(0x05c6, 0x904C)},    /* MDM9x15 device */
     {USB_DEVICE(0x1410, 0xa020)},   /* Novatel Gobi 3000 QDL */
     {USB_DEVICE(0x1410, 0xa021)},    /* Novatel Gobi 3000 Composite */
     {USB_DEVICE(0x413c, 0x8193)},    /* Dell Gobi 3000 QDL */

And got this in dmesg:

[   82.194645] qcserial 1-2:1.0: Qualcomm USB modem converter detected
[   82.194939] usb 1-2: Qualcomm USB modem converter now attached to ttyUSB0

I think this might be a step in the right direction.

I can confirm I was able to get the modem showing with lsusb and dmesg using the patches provided.

Thank you everyone.

I was, however, unable to 'list' the modem using postmarketos on the device (which was an i9305 with the same modem, not the note), be it either using ofono or network manager. Perhaps I need modem boot code?

Either way I reproduced the results, see here:

https://github.com/publicsite/i9305-modem-postmarketos

Josh Branning wrote in #note-6:

I can confirm I was able to get the modem showing with lsusb and dmesg using the patches provided.

Thank you everyone.

I was, however, unable to 'list' the modem using postmarketos on the device (which was an i9305 with the same modem, not the note), be it either using ofono or network manager. Perhaps I need modem boot code?

Either way I reproduced the results, see here:

https://github.com/publicsite/i9305-modem-postmarketos

I since addded external_modem-boot package to the repository.

Despite the modem showing with lsusb and dmesg, when I run "mdm9k-boot" command, I get:

failed to open modem device

Looking at the external_modem_boot code it seems it requires /dev/mdm and /dev/ttyUSB0 nodes which aren't present (ie. with these patches).

I tried adding the following udev rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/90-mdm9k-modem.rules

ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="mdm", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0660"
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="ttyUSB0", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0660"

but it didn't make a difference: I was still unable to see a node at /dev/mdm

Josh Branning wrote in #note-8:

I tried adding the following udev rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/90-mdm9k-modem.rules

ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="mdm", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0660"
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="ttyUSB0", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0660"

but it didn't make a difference: I was still unable to see a node at /dev/mdm

I made an external_modem-boot package for pmos. I found out that because of a patch to external_modem-boot, I might be able to do without a /dev/mdm node by setting CFLAGS="-DSKIP_MDM_DEVICE_IOCTL=1" whilst compiling this package.

I noticed that the pins in the patch that Joey provided are for the t0 only, so I looked in the smdk4412 kernel and created this table for the devices with the pins. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/publicsite/i9305-modem-postmarketos/main/doc/porting-matrix.txt

I then created some modem dtbs https://github.com/publicsite/i9305-modem-postmarketos/tree/main/mainline-patches/modem_configs

After testing the modified i9305 dtb, I was still unable to get the gpio set to work, although the pins looked as if they were correctly shown at /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/soc/pinctrl@*

I believe it is possible because libgpiod in alpine linux is old and the package hasn't been updated recently, and pmos inherits the libgpiod package from alpine.

I am yet to test with an updated version of libgpiod to see if I can get a /dev/ttyUSB0 node by running gpioset and then boot the modem with external_modem-boot but I have updated the repository (https://github.com/publicsite/i9305-modem-postmarketos) in the mean time.

I updated a libgpiod package to v2.1 within the i9305-modem-postmarketos repository. Unfortunately I can't get gpioset to go.

#using libgpiod v2.1...
$ gpioset gpl2 5=1
gpioset: invalid line value: 'gpl2'

#looking at gpioinfo I see that 'gpl2' corresponds to gpiochip19
$ gpioset gpiochip19 5=1
gpioset: invalid line value: 'gpiochip19'

#I try prefixing with /dev/
$ gpioset /dev/gpiochip19 5=1
gpioset: invalid line value: '/dev/gpiochip19'

#I try just the number
$ gpioset 19 5=1
gpioset: invalid line value: '/dev/gpiochip19'

EDIT: RESULT IS THE SAME USING SUDO

Josh Branning wrote in #note-10:

I updated a libgpiod package to v2.1 within the i9305-modem-postmarketos repository. Unfortunately I can't get gpioset to go.

#using libgpiod v2.1...
$ gpioset gpl2 5=1
gpioset: invalid line value: 'gpl2'

#looking at gpioinfo I see that 'gpl2' corresponds to gpiochip19
$ gpioset gpiochip19 5=1
gpioset: invalid line value: 'gpiochip19'

#I try prefixing with /dev/
$ gpioset /dev/gpiochip19 5=1
gpioset: invalid line value: '/dev/gpiochip19'

#I try just the number
$ gpioset 19 5=1
gpioset: invalid line value: '/dev/gpiochip19'

EDIT: RESULT IS THE SAME USING SUDO

The syntax changed in v2.0=<, the following seems to work setting some of the gpio pin:

 pin_name() {
 thePin="$(cat /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/soc/pinctrl@*/$1/samsung,pins)" 
 theBankName="$(printf "%s" "$thePin" | cut -d '-' -f 1)" 
 theRelativePin="$(printf "%s" "$thePin" | cut -d '-' -f 2)" 
 theBankNumber="$(sudo gpiodetect | grep ".* \[${theBankName}\].*" | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 1)" 
 printf "%s %s" "${theBankNumber}" "${theRelativePin}" 
 }

 echo "Starting modem ..." 
 echo "Running gpioset -z -c $(pin_name ap2mdm-soft-reset-n)=0 ..." 
 gpioset -z -c $(pin_name ap2mdm-soft-reset-n)=0
 sleep .005
 echo "Running gpioset -z -c $(pin_name ap2mdm-soft-reset-n)=1 ..." 
 gpioset -z -c $(pin_name ap2mdm-soft-reset-n)=1
 sleep .010
 echo "Running gpioset -z -c $(pin_name ap2mdm-status)=1 ..." 
 gpioset -z -c $(pin_name ap2mdm-status)=1
 sleep .010

With the following output:

Starting modem ...
Running gpioset -z -c gpiochip19 5=0 ...
Running gpioset -z -c gpiochip19 5=1 ...
gpioset: unable to request lines on chip '/dev/gpiochip19': Resource busy
Running gpioset -z -c gpiochip8 6=1 ...

I still don't see a /dev/ttyUSB0 node.

mdm9k-boot doesn't work I guess because I don't got a /dev/ttyUSB0 node.

EDIT: A longer sleep does not solve the "Resource busy" problem

I reverted the libgpiod package to v1.6

The gpioset commands now work using the modified pinname function.

I run lsusb and I now get:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05c6:9008

appear, however, this is different from the device ids in Jack K's patch.

There is a node at /dev/ttyUSB0

When I run:

sudo mdm9k-boot

I get:

error receiving hello, received command 4
failed to do hello handshake
error while sending files

If I run mkm9k-boot more than once, I get:

opened modem tty device
failed waiting to read
failed to configure serial interface

I will try to consult on IRC.