Re: nmcli radio off connected to ModemManager power state low

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2016-03-13 at 12:26 +0100, Aleksander Morgado wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Carlo Lobrano <c lobrano gmail com>
> wrote:
> > thank you, it is more clear now. I will check in my system for
> > rfkill.
> > One more question, do you think it will be feasible for NM to check
> > whether
> > rfkill is available and, if not, to set the modem in power off in
> > place of
> > just disabling it?
> The problem is that if the modem is totally powered off with a
> CFUN=0,
> then how do we power it back on? CFUN=4, where the modem is still
> alive but with radio off is already more than enough in most cases.
> Why do you need the modem to be totally off?

I tested that with a bunch of USB modems, and only a small number (2
out of 20 I tried) actually powered completely off with CFUN=0.  The
rest apparently just disable the radio but remain responsive.

Dan