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API versions vs. release versions
by Neels Hofmeyr 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

It seems there are a lot more versionings around than I thought... I am currently deciding on how we want to handle libtool API versions. These are strings of the form current:revision_of_current:compat_age MGCP_LIBVERSION=5:23:4 means that - We are in API version 5. - This is the 23rd "small internal" modification of 5. - We are backwards compatible to 4 previous API versions (1 thru 5). This is not at all related to release versions of the major.minor.patch form. For example, each small tweak of the code will bump the middle 'revision_of_current' number, whether it's a minor or patch release bump. Now I had the plan to actually coincide the major release version with the API current version. When we are in release 1.0.1 thru 1.23.42 and so forth, keep the library API current version at 1. Once we do a major version bump to 2.0.0, we can go on to API current version 2. Coinciding seems to make sense because we anyway don't want to make API breaking changes unless we bump the major release number. BTW the API 'current' version number also appears in the debian package names like libosmo-mgcp2.deb and the installed library files, like libosmo-mgcp.so.2... Keeping the API current the same as release major makes sense to me, but only up to this point: when we add a new side feature to a library. When all of the library stays the same and is backwards compatible, and all we do is add a new function to it, someone linking against it may want to make sure that this new function is included in the installed version. So even if we don't bump a major release, don't break API and so forth, we may still want to increase the API-current version and bump the names of the debian packages as well as installed .so files. Why? Because if we had libosmo-mgcp1 and added function mgcp_frobnicate(), and we want to use mgcp_frobnicate() in osmo-msc.deb, we want to depend on a libosmo-mgcp that has it added, i.e. we bump to libosmo-mgcp2.deb and depend on that from osmo-msc.deb. All the while libosmo-mgcp's version tag still remains at 1.0.23, only the API version changed. This would be the libtool-intended way, and we'd see a lot of debian package names' numbers bumping, not at all related to our major-release, whenever we add any new function to our API. Only in reality, if I see libosmo-mgcp5.deb, as a user I do expect it to be libosmo-mgcp release 5.2.3, not release 1.0.23. Right?? Is that only me? According to libtool, coinciding the API version with the release version is abuse. OTOH it's what I actually expected for most of my life... :/ Will we have the discipline to bump API current for each addition? And bump each depending projects' debian depends-clauses? What do you guys think about this? See https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info… Thanks! ~N -- - Neels Hofmeyr <nhofmeyr(a)sysmocom.de> http://www.sysmocom.de/ ======================================================================= * sysmocom - systems for mobile communications GmbH * Alt-Moabit 93 * 10559 Berlin, Germany * Sitz / Registered office: Berlin, HRB 134158 B * Geschäftsführer / Managing Directors: Harald Welte

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HEADS UP: stricter VTY, possible config fallout
by Neels Hofmeyr 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Hi all, we have recently merged a profound change to the inner workings of the VTY configuration. We've hit some fallout due to that, hence I would like to let you know that you might hit the same. The VTY parsing of config files is now strict about indenting. A child node *must* be indented below the parent node, and indenting must be consistent. For more details on the reason why and a definition of 'consistent', see the commit log of https://git.osmocom.org/libosmocore/commit/?id=4a31ffa2f0097d96201f80305a04… So, if you are in the near future faced with config files being rejected that worked perfectly before, it is most probably because your indenting was wrong all the time, and only now did we start checking it. If the cause is hard to figure out, a good aid is the telnet VTY, where you may either 'show running-config' or traverse the nodes manually to query which command exists on which level. If your current config is broken, you may be able to start the program with an empty or stripped down config file to make its telnet available. The above is about reading config files, but we have also dropped the implicit 'exit' to parent level on the telnet VTY console. This caused fallout where nodes by plain omission lack the 'exit' command: one is unable to leave such a node once it is entered. That is a fault in the program's VTY setup that was not found before, because the VTY would often just find the parent node's exit command instead. I have a patch to avoid all of these everywhere, by installing the exit and end commands automatically for every VTY node that gets created; it is not merged yet: https://gerrit.osmocom.org/3998 ------ Config Fallout Example ------ For example, we hit a breakage with this osmo-bts-trx.cfg: phy 0 instance 0 osmotrx rx-gain 25 osmotrx tx-attenuation oml osmotrx ip local 10.23.42.1 osmotrx ip remote 10.23.42.2 Before, this worked perfectly. Now it says the command 'osmotrx rx-gain' does not exist. The reason is that 'osmotrx rx-gain' is a child node of 'instance 0'. The first fix looked like this: phy 0 instance 0 osmotrx rx-gain 25 osmotrx tx-attenuation oml osmotrx ip local 10.23.42.1 osmotrx ip remote 10.23.42.2 But alas, this time it said the command 'osmotrx ip local' does not exist. I suspected bugs in the new parsing, but indeed, 'osmotrx ip' is actually a direct child of the 'phy 0' level. Before, the VTY would implicitly step out of a child level if it found a matching command one parent above. That is confusing in other situations (see above commit log), hence we now require indenting to clarify the structure. This is the correct one: phy 0 instance 0 osmotrx rx-gain 25 osmotrx tx-attenuation oml osmotrx ip local 10.23.42.1 osmotrx ip remote 10.23.42.2 Or rephrased: phy 0 osmotrx ip local 10.23.42.1 osmotrx ip remote 10.23.42.2 instance 0 osmotrx rx-gain 25 osmotrx tx-attenuation oml To query the structure via telnet, I did: $ ./osmo-bts/src/osmo-bts-trx/osmo-bts-trx -c osmo-bts/doc/examples/trx/osmo-bts.cfg $ telnet localhost 4241 OsmoBTS> enable OsmoBTS# configure terminal OsmoBTS(config)# phy 0 OsmoBTS(phy)# list [...] osmotrx ip HOST osmotrx ip (local|remote) A.B.C.D [...] OsmoBTS(phy)# inst OsmoBTS(phy)# instance 0 OsmoBTS(phy-inst)# list [...] osmotrx rx-gain <0-50> osmotrx tx-attenuation <0-50> osmotrx tx-attenuation oml [...] ------ No Exit Example ------ The same osmo-trx VTY nodes also show the exit failure: $ telnet localhost 4241 OsmoBTS> enable OsmoBTS# configure terminal OsmoBTS(config)# phy 0 OsmoBTS(phy)# exit % Unknown command. OsmoBTS(phy)# instance 0 OsmoBTS(phy-inst)# exit % Unknown command. On the phy level, we would previously find the parent's 'exit' command, but in the 'instance' level, 'exit' has never been available. Above patch should fix all of these. ~N -- - Neels Hofmeyr <nhofmeyr(a)sysmocom.de> http://www.sysmocom.de/ ======================================================================= * sysmocom - systems for mobile communications GmbH * Alt-Moabit 93 * 10559 Berlin, Germany * Sitz / Registered office: Berlin, HRB 134158 B * Geschäftsführer / Managing Directors: Harald Welte

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Osmo-trx build problem
by mohammad nejati 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Hi , i’m trying to build osmo-trx master branch . What i’am doing : autoreconf -i ./configure make In make step i get this error : Evaluating ‘parse’ option: ‘(?P\d+).(?P\d+).(?P\d+)’ does not parse current version 'P2.8TRUNK’ usage: bumpversion [-h] [–config-file FILE] [–verbose] [–list] [–allow-dirty] [–parse REGEX] [–serialize FORMAT] [–search SEARCH] [–replace REPLACE] [–current-version VERSION] [–dry-run] --new-version VERSION [–commit | --no-commit] [–tag | --no-tag] [–tag-name TAG_NAME] [–message COMMIT_MSG] part [file [file …]] bumpversion: error: the following arguments are required: --new-version make all-recursive

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OSMO-BSC integration to other MSC
by Bob Skie 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Hi All, Good day. If we are going to integrate OSMO-BSC to another MSC, for example, a Huawei MSC, what components do we need? Is their a link that can help us do this task? Thank you in advance. BR, Bob

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Using the TTCN-3 test suites in osmo-ttcn3-hacks.git
by Harald Welte 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Hi all, I've been creating some test suites for various different interfaces and Osmocom elements in osmo-ttcn3-hacks.git. In case you want to use and/or extend them, here is some introduction in how to build them and how to use them. I've updated https://osmocom.org/projects/cellular-infrastructure/wiki/Titan_TTCN3_Notes with some information on how I build + execute + view the logs, maybe this is useful to you. Let me know if you have any questions. For sure this could be more automatized (like cloning the dependencies or even using them as git-submodule), but so far I'm investing every minute I have in increasing test coverage, rather than convenience features. Regards, Harald -- - Harald Welte <hwelte(a)sysmocom.de> http://www.sysmocom.de/ ======================================================================= * sysmocom - systems for mobile communications GmbH * Alt-Moabit 93 * 10559 Berlin, Germany * Sitz / Registered office: Berlin, HRB 134158 B * Geschaeftsfuehrer / Managing Directors: Holger Freyther, Harald Welte

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OpenBSC USSD external application
by Rowan Phipps 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Hi, I’ve been looking into getting ussd working with an external application. I found a branch from last year (fairwaves/sup-ussd) that looks like it has implemented most of ussd sessions and possibly communicates with an external application. Does anyone know if it was finished or what still needs to be done? I also found a python script called ussd_example.py which looks like it is supposed to act as a gateway and receive used connections from openbsc. Is this correct and did it work or am I misunderstanding its purpose? Thanks! - Rowan Phipps

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vty: indent to exit, side effect
by Neels Hofmeyr 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

I implemented https://gerrit.osmocom.org/3880 to use indenting for vty implicit 'exit'. There's one thing I'm sneaking in there though which I'd like to mention before I merge: The patch is storing vty parent node state. This state not only stores previous indenting, but it also stores the parent's 'node' id and 'priv' data (the node's object), and puts these back in place after going to a parent. So far our go_parent_cb()s set these, and AFAIK all of them simply put the parent's exact node and priv pointer back in place. But technically, a go_parent_cb() *could* do some magic like going to a completely different node, or re-creating a new priv pointer. By overwriting from stored state, we will override such behavior. I think we want this to happen from stored state in the future, and drop most of the go_parent_cb(). Does everyone agree? ~N

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osmo-nitb / osmo-bsc ms max power dynamic value
by Ron 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Hi All, Is there a way to configure the “ms max power” to a dynamic value depending on the distance of the mobile phone to the base station? For now, the default value is 12. Meaning, the base station is telling the mobile phone to transmit in the power of 12dBm either the phone is besides the base station or on the edge of the base station. If not, is there a roadmap on configuring it with a dynamic or auto value? TIA. Best Regard, Ron Menez ron.menez(a)entropysolution.com<mailto:ron.menez@entropysolution.com>

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osmo-ntib and osmo-bts-trx config file error
by mohammad nejati 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Hi , OsmoBTS version 0.6.0.6-ae13 OpenBSC version 0.15.0.885-968a6 I flow the instructions from wiki page and create config files : https://osmocom.org/projects/cellular-infrastructure/wiki/SDR_OsmoTRX_netwo… but when i run : osmo-nitb -c ~/.osmocom/open-bsc.cfg -l ~/.osmocom/hlr.sqlite3 -P -C --debug=DRLL:DCC:DMM:DRR:DRSL:DNM I got this error : There is no such command. Error occurred during reading the below line: timer t3103 0 <0005> ../../../src/libbsc/bsc_init.c:536 Failed to parse the config file: '/home/ashtum/.osmocom/open-bsc.cfg' Reading config failed. Exiting. Similarly when i run : osmo-bts-trx -c ~/.osmocom/osmo-bts.cfg I got : ((*)) | / \ OsmoBTS There is no such command. Error occurred during reading the below line: fn-advance 20 % rtp bind-ip is now deprecated Failed to parse the config file: '/home/ashtum/.osmocom/osmo-bts.cfg'

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Error after installing openbsc.deb
by Anindya Sankar Roy 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

Hello, I have installed the open openbsc.deb but when I am trying to run it using the command "osmo-bsc" its giving me the following error <0005> bsc_init.c:536 Failed to parse the config file: 'openbsc.cfg' Bootstrapping the network failed. exiting. full talloc report on 'sccp' (total 1 bytes in 1 blocks) Please help me solve it. Thanks Anindya

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