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> While developing software on the PinePhone, I came across this peculiar message in dmesg:

Beautiful seeing this on top of HN. :)

That message is from me. Nice to see someone using the access for something cool.

One of the reasons I decided to add it there was to give some visibility to this "feature" of EG-25G FW to people interested enough to look at dmesg.




Can you think of a more efficient protocol between the modem and main cpu then the AT-based ril with constant status checks? Is there anyway to make the modem more efficient, since its cpu is just consuming power and not adding much to the functionality of the phone? Can it be a smarter gateway that only triggers a main cpu wakeup when there's something important to notify the user of, like an incoming call or sms?


> Can it be a smarter gateway that only triggers a main cpu wakeup when there's something important to notify the user of, like an incoming call or sms?

That's how it works.

> Is there anyway to make the modem more efficient, since its cpu is just consuming power and not adding much to the functionality of the phone?

Modem is sleeping most of the time. (at least with my driver) It's much more efficient than the main A64 SoC. Like 10mW sleep vs 100mW sleep.

> Can you think of a more efficient protocol between the modem and main cpu then the AT-based ril with constant status checks?

ModemManager/ofono are not using AT interface, I think. They are using QMI.

Anyway, you don't need constant status checks even with AT interface. You just enable status indications you want to receive and that's what you'll get without polling.

And you can setup wakeup on call/sms too.


Brilliant! Thanks for drawing attention to this "feature".

The world is a small place indeed.




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