Is GSM a blackbox in OpenMoko

[Torsten Schlabach]

 > This would be correct, and the only way many (most?) national
 > governments would have it.

What has the government to do with that?

 > It would be a gross understatement

Well, I mean for the purpose of using the GSM network. No doubt about 
any kind of other uses, but this setup precludes you from doing things like:

- implement a SIM card in software
- utilize a different SIM card which you have access to via a network
- many other potentially interesting things

I need to say, I was hoping that I could get closer to the RAC (radio 
access) layer with OpenMoko.

Regards,
Torsten

Mikko J Rauhala schrieb:
> On pe, 2007-12-14 at 12:49 +0100, Torsten Schlabach wrote:
> 
>>I had been playing a bit with gsmd these days and was a bit suprised to 
>>see that there is something called a "GSM modem" which seems to be a 
>>black box subsystem IIUC.
> 
> 
> This would be correct, and the only way many (most?) national
> governments would have it.
> 
> 
>>Did I misunderstand anything or would it be correct to say that OpenMoko 
>>basically is the UI layer for a given phone which is controlled via AT 
>>commands?
> 
> 
> It would be a gross understatement as it is a complete operating system
> which has many useful uses, some completely unrelated to the phone
> subsystem. However, one of the things it does is indeed providing a user
> interface to utilize a GSM modem, thus making the whole a "phone".
>