[Bug 1693756] [NEW] [Xenial][ DW5816e] to support qmi over mbim which needed for FCC authentication.

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# issue:
 * wwan card DW5816e[413c:81cc] couldn't be recognized by modemmanager 1.4.12-1ubuntu1 on xenial.
  - but works well on on Yakkety.

# investgation:
 * in failed case, mmcli -L shows nothing on Xenial with DW5816. Then tried install followed packages from Yakkety ppa on Xenial and wwan card works on 1st boot but failed after 2nd boot sometimes.
  - libmbim-glib4_1.14.0-1_amd64.deb
  - libmbim-glib-dev_1.14.0-1_amd64.deb
  - libmbim-proxy_1.14.0-1_amd64.deb
  - libmbim-utils_1.14.0-1_amd64.deb
  - libqmi-glib5_1.16.0-1_amd64.deb
  - libqmi-proxy_1.16.0-1_amd64.deb

 * different from ModemManager --debug
   - In passed case, it received message from /dev/cdc-wdm1 after send "Read max control message size from descriptors file: 4096" , but not happens to failed case. So, it prints "[mm-port-probe.c:261] mm_port_probe_set_result_qcdm(): (tty/ttyS4) port is not QCDM-capable" in failed case.
     - passed case: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24664908/
     - failed case: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24664910/

# Plan:
 * let the newer version packages could also works well on Xenial.
 * find out needed patches on newer version packages.
 * packport needed patches to older version packages on Xenial.

# environment information:

 * modinfo cdc_mbim for original kernel module: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24662359/
  - the code /driver/net/usb/cdc_mbim.c is the same between xenial kernel 4.4.0 and yakkety kernel 4.8.0.

 * uname -r: 4.4.0-73-generic

 * lsusb -v: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24662332/

FCC authentication reference:
 * http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/lede-dev/2016-August/002332.html
 * https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libmbim-devel/2016-April/thread.html#704

** Affects: modemmanager
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: oem-priority
     Importance: Critical
     Assignee: Alex Tu (alextu)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: modemmanager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: 1677955 patch
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[Xenial][ DW5816e] to support qmi over mbim which needed for FCC authentication.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1693756
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