[arch-releng] [PATCH 1/2] [configs/releng] Add usb_modeswitch and wvdial to live-env

Loui Chang louipc.ist at gmail.com
Thu Aug 9 18:27:19 EDT 2012


On Thu 09 Aug 2012 10:55 +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> It amazes me that people want to use wvdial. It doesn't simplify
> connecting at all compared to plain pppd, but adds yet another program.
> What we should aim for is adding 3G support to netcfg, which would make
> wvdial redundant.

I remember this discussion years ago. Well, wvdial actually does
simplify matters for some people. Apparently it fails for others.

It would be great to add these features to netcfg, but who's going to do
it? Probably not the releng devs, as this was suggested before...

Maybe try the netcfg devs.



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