We don't want to support only 'relative' validity, so don't assume that the
Validity property will always be a uint32 value.
Instead, we define the Validity propery as '(uv)' tuple, where the first value
(a MMSmsValidityType) specifies the type of validity, and the second value is
a variant formatted accordingly to what the validity type specifies (e.g. a
uint32 value if the type is MM_SMS_VALIDITY_TYPE_RELATIVE).
For bearers using STATIC or DHCP IP method, the modem itself is the one
negotiating authentication with the network. The new `allowed-auth' property
allows users to specify which authentication method(s) are allowed to be used.
See the following NetworkManager commit for more reference:
commit 34aef8aaaa09b7473b9496aa49e550bd2def03f8
Author: Andrew Bird <ajb@spheresystems.co.uk>
Date: Thu Mar 15 16:19:43 2012 -0500
Instead of using a predefined set of string values for 'ip-type' in
Modem.CreateBearer() and Simple.Connect(), we'll use an enumeration. The
implementation will then need to convert the requested IP family type to e.g.
the correct PDP type in 3GPP modems.
This change also consolidates the use of enums in dictionary properties when
possible to do so, as with the Rm Protocol.
Modems which end up being found unusable (e.g. no SIM, fatal SIM error, no
capabilities) will be exposed in DBus, but just with the Modem interface and
in a FAILED state which allows no actions.
We need to define a state to be used while the modem is being initialized, so
that we forbid any operation on the modem on already exported interfaces, while
there are interfaces pending to get exported.
This Initializing state will also cover the state between having the SIM
unlocked (which launches re-initialization) and being completely initialized.
We don't want to handle bands as flags, in order to avoid the need of 64-bits
for the enum. This change implies that setting allowed bands will be done by
giving an array of uint32 values, signature "au".
