TPE RIL Network team/NetworkManagerEnhancement
meta bug
- bug 904514 - [meta] NetworkManager enhancement
Internal interface changes
Background
Proposal
interface nsINetworkInterface {
readonly attribute nsINetworkInfo info;
readonly attribute DOMString httpProxyHost;
readonly attribute long httpProxyPort;
void activate();
void deactivate();
};
interface nsINetworkInfo {
readonly attribute long type; /* WIFI/MOBILE/MMS/SUPL */
readonly attribute long state; /* Connected/Disconnected/... */
readonly attribute DOMString name; /* Interface name: eth0, ... */
void getAddresses([array, size_is(count)] out wstring ips,
[array, size_is(count)] out unsigned long prefixLengths,
[retval] out unsigned long count);
void getGateways([optional] out unsigned long count,
[array, size_is(count), retval] out wstring gateways);
void getDnses([optional] out unsigned long count,
[array, size_is(count), retval] out wstring dnses);
};
Bugs
- bug 990458 - B2G RIL: replace the use of 'network-interface-state-changed' events with updateNetworkInterface() API.
- bug 904542 - B2G NetworkManager: Redefine the nsINetworkInterface
- bug 1168021 - [NetworkManager] consider expanding the nsINetworkInterface parameter in NetworkService interface
- bug 1167132 - [NetworkManager] move network information into a separate interface
- bug 911713 - B2G NetworkManager: Move policy control logic to NetworkManager
- No bug yet - Wifi implementation of nsINetworkInterface activate/deactive
- bug 928861 - B2G NetworkManager: Provide a more generic function for connecting
Discussion
Routing improvements
Bugs
- bug 997654 - B2G RIL: let each network handle its own host routes
- bug 973543 - B2G RIL: host routes removed unexpectedly when data call is shared
- No bug yet - B2G RIL: add callbacks in routing requests in NetworkService
Discussion
None
Other improvements
Bugs
- No bug yet - Move tethering code out of NetworkManager
Discussion
None
Web API changes
Proposal
- https://github.com/johnmwshih/NetworkManagerAPI-Proposal-FirefoxOS/wiki/Network-Manager-Proposed-IDL
Use case
Bugs
- bug 922584 - B2G RIL: provide WebAPI to setup network connections and expose connection state