Re: Moving towards a new API for BlueZ 4.0

Marcel
> the new MacBooks suppose to have Bluetooth 2.1, but in case of  
> Extended Inquiry you need the new firmware (old hardware is okay) on  
> both sides. Haven't seen any of it in real life so far, but that is  
> what their specs say.
>   
Yeah me either, and I have some access to firmwares.

> In that specific case you would, but that is not the case we designed  
> the API for.
>   
I see.

> You get an additional DeviceFound which will then include the Name  
> value in the dictionary.
>   
Ok perfect, so then scanning with no name resolve makes no sense at all.

> As mentioned above. You get one (at least one) DeviceFound with no  
> Name value and a second one with the Name value.
>   
And I guess this one will be sended as soon as the old one was sent right?

> I am not sure. The code to make this all work is so complicated that I  
> really wanna remove it when we hit 4.0. Ping me again at some point.  
> For now we are going without allowing discovery without resolving the  
> name.
If this is the case, when we are still getting a callback as soon as the
device is discovered, and then another one with a resolved name it
doesn't harm the kind of applications I talk about.
What I'm most concerned off, and that's why I used no name resolving, is
that name resolving consumes connections, and we only have 7 per dongle.
And in some cases this is a real issue. In the past (well actually now a
days). What I do is first I scan with no name resolving, and then if I
don't know the device I go and ask the name, and then I go and ask for
the sdp records (I know I'm wasting connections and time).

But with this new API it will be even easier. I can't wait to start
getting my hands on it, and helping as much as I can (and my time allows
me). BTW what will happen with the old libbluetooth? I remember reading
some comments from you saying that 4.0 will remove all the hci commands,
will this be the case?

Cheers,
Manuel



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