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| author | Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@gmail.com> | 2026-01-26 14:21:55 +0800 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2026-01-30 18:26:59 -0800 |
| commit | 5b2e294e0cd1380886db700b5b2907a68adab5c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 619fa50189f69bbd0665a9b59dd5480f25abff43 /include/linux | |
| parent | 0868ea3471101aaf4d6498ac73b42bc975820303 (diff) | |
net: wwan: add NMEA port support
Many WWAN modems come with embedded GNSS receiver inside and have a
dedicated port to output geopositioning data. On the one hand, the
GNSS receiver has little in common with WWAN modem and just shares a
host interface and should be exported using the GNSS subsystem. On the
other hand, GNSS receiver is not automatically activated and needs a
generic WWAN control port (AT, MBIM, etc.) to be turned on. And a user
space software needs extra information to find the control port.
Introduce the new type of WWAN port - NMEA. When driver asks to register
a NMEA port, the core allocates common parent WWAN device as usual, but
exports the NMEA port via the GNSS subsystem and acts as a proxy between
the device driver and the GNSS subsystem.
From the WWAN device driver perspective, a NMEA port is registered as a
regular WWAN port without any difference. And the driver interacts only
with the WWAN core. From the user space perspective, the NMEA port is a
GNSS device which parent can be used to enumerate and select the proper
control port for the GNSS receiver management.
CC: Slark Xiao <slark_xiao@163.com>
CC: Muhammad Nuzaihan <zaihan@unrealasia.net>
CC: Qiang Yu <quic_qianyu@quicinc.com>
CC: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
CC: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260126062158.308598-6-slark_xiao@163.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/wwan.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/wwan.h b/include/linux/wwan.h index a4d6cc0c9f68..1e0e2cb53579 100644 --- a/include/linux/wwan.h +++ b/include/linux/wwan.h @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ * @WWAN_PORT_FASTBOOT: Fastboot protocol control * @WWAN_PORT_ADB: ADB protocol control * @WWAN_PORT_MIPC: MTK MIPC diagnostic interface + * @WWAN_PORT_NMEA: embedded GNSS receiver with NMEA output * * @WWAN_PORT_MAX: Highest supported port types * @WWAN_PORT_UNKNOWN: Special value to indicate an unknown port type @@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ enum wwan_port_type { WWAN_PORT_FASTBOOT, WWAN_PORT_ADB, WWAN_PORT_MIPC, + WWAN_PORT_NMEA, /* Add new port types above this line */ |