[Cbe-oss-dev] [PATCH 2/2] hid/hid-sony: get and set Sixaxis bdaddr via sysfs
Bastien Nocera
hadess at hadess.net
Thu Sep 2 03:41:46 EST 2010
On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 19:28 +0200, Antonio Ospite wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:17:54 +0100
> Bastien Nocera <hadess at hadess.net> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 22:15 +0200, Antonio Ospite wrote:
> > > Expose to userspace a simple way to get device bdaddr, and get/set master
> > > bdaddr on Sixaxis controller.
> > >
> > > Right now userspace softwares which manage pairing the controller with a
> > > bluetooth adapter, rely on libusb and hence have to detach and reattach
> > > usbhid, which is not very nice.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite <ospite at studenti.unina.it>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > As said, ideally this should be done with an interface such as hidraw, but its
> > > limitations prevent us from doing it the right way; and I am not going to
> > > touch hidraw myself anytime soon.
> >
> > Rest looks alright to me. Thanks!
>
> Bastien, Jiri, this patch can be DISCARDED. The hidraw work from Alan
> Ott (waiting for Marcel to ACK the bluetooth part) will make this kernel
> approach overkill.
>
> I already have some bluez patches based on Alan's work, but I am waiting
> for the needed changes to land into linus tree before submitting them.
>
> Sorry for making you wasting some time reviewing this one, I told you on
> IRC it could be discarded, but we know: "IRCs volant, emails manent".
Given the time it took me to review it, it's my own damn fault anyway ;)
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