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Date:      Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:11:20 +0200
From:      Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: git: 79a100e28e3c - main - bluetooth: complete removal of ng_h4
Message-ID:  <20210930111120.e038ca0a2a3c770f4778fa84@bidouilliste.com>
In-Reply-To: <202109300200.18U20EZD084710@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202109300200.18U20EZD084710@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 30 Sep 2021 02:00:14 GMT
Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> The branch main has been updated by imp:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=79a100e28e3c814773bb4c1826cfa25fbe31140e
> 
> commit 79a100e28e3c814773bb4c1826cfa25fbe31140e
> Author:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2021-09-05 18:41:16 +0000
> Commit:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2021-09-30 02:00:02 +0000
> 
>     bluetooth: complete removal of ng_h4
>     
>     The ng_h4 module was disconnected 13 years ago when the tty later was
>     locked by Ed. It completely fails to compile, and has a number of false
>     positives for Giant use. Remove it for lack of interest. Bluetooth has
>     largely (completely?) moved on from bluetooth over UART transport.
>     
>     OK'd by:                emax
>     Sponsored by:           Netflix
>     Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31846

 Every BT+WIFI combo chip used in SBC uses uart for bluetooth.
 I have no idea if it uses this or need something else as I've never
looked. 
 But anyway, if it fails to compile now I'm fine with removing it, if
someone wants to add support for bluetooth to SBC they could always
revive this code.

-- 
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@FreeBSD.org>



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