Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:05:54 +0100 (BST) From: Iain Hibbert <plunky@rya-online.net> To: Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net> Cc: "freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org" <freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org>, "alexei@raylab.com" <alexei@raylab.com> Subject: Re: BlueZ dbus binding is device dependent Message-ID: <1239476754.337291.1460.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> In-Reply-To: <49E0DAE2.3030805@incunabulum.net> References: <49D92E26.2030508@incunabulum.net> <bb4a86c70904061358l3983ed51m11265859a833f202@mail.gmail.com> <49DD40E2.5030403@incunabulum.net> <1239264003.862926.638.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> <bb4a86c70904091013l2d7c2b77ic7f6988e6e7709f2@mail.gmail.com> <49DE4F44.8070707@incunabulum.net> <1239359436.893706.893.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> <49DF8C8C.5030006@incunabulum.net> <49E0DAE2.3030805@incunabulum.net>
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On Sat, 11 Apr 2009, Bruce Simpson wrote: > So, just to confirm, I read the code examples in this BlueZ Wiki article; > and it does indeed appear that the naming convention BlueZ uses in DBus is > BlueZ dependent:- > http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/DiscoveringDevices first, that API may not be the same as the BlueZ 4.x series which I think has been evolving. The wiki main page says the API is best defined by the documents in the bluez releases. second, I'm not sure if it is a total disaster. The device being referenced is at least a string "/org/bluez/hci0" rather than the integer dev_id that the bluez library uses. That can be worked on fairly easily, plus I might have seen a comment on the bluez list (which I subscribed to but don't really read) that hardcoded defs are to be frowned on, I think there is a way to find local devices. Then, the module name "org.bluez" is probably not needed to change - for instance if a GNOME application uses the bluez dbus module, I think that all calls end up passed to bluetoothd and 'all that is required' is having a bluez compatible bluetoothd. Whether the bluez bluetoothd can be easily patched or if a fork or a rewrite is required I don't know. I looked at the bluez sources but I don't have any context for it so am just confused.. iain
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