From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Thu Jan 4 06:56:40 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bluetooth@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 062EBEA45FE for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 06:56:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sid@bsdmail.com) Received: from mout.gmx.com (mout.gmx.com [74.208.4.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mail.gmx.com", Issuer "thawte SSL CA - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B8E517CD83 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 06:56:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sid@bsdmail.com) Received: from [108.70.50.7] ([108.70.50.7]) by 3c-app-mailcom-lxa11.server.lan (via HTTP); Thu, 4 Jan 2018 07:56:32 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: From: Sid To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Bluetooth v4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 07:56:32 +0100 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:ATpcr4gpJHWbgvNddEpuh3k4I5F5yVF9wcOpg1iHrpB EIMYry09JWobfpjUWoa6qKYXnBnFgN5pZM0mfFjiLxAlWFN1Is aXyL+RI4ZZhJqOYNZsZrVb0nwBC3WxOg1aAqZJ/U4BGkzCzmgb R5HeIkAzVBFgx/DMIF7kRBhipUKT9mGz2pl49D2d0EW/mUckt2 W6+22my426rT4e57e3P2ot/AI5efAEu5uyMflI5YFxyylYz7TY BklzmWjl3VUZheu45JkSlE0TPaKton+y1BYZQbdggXi2U/PpSR iVwReU= X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:S7uJc1Xzbcs=:3NdgcI2Notm3bWSKJcImQ9 pfxnGqRpA6kiDa1u9+LYxG+j0aj/P57ZIwhhw8RhNeGD0LXrvq8eTeXTG680UKFJzktWDrnGu 4A36uATbcXpMBWV6mHM8P6MTjHLYVjf54MZhqCbnTPkFLxl6Rgym/u9UWormZXHtEYTZ0eMi+ Z4wgSmBZ0LYqoYZNHDVB0YDOzaQuTN92kA/UbSdP+rmvVfvqMZfr5IVsGBwhXJmt9XFNCsnz+ MO3BwHaNDUBUD9Httw22DnvgsvxZ+ZaON43Zs64yeLoAdCfdYSSEdwL38DN9nGjvWZXfsVPTM M86W0aY8SM3KreEu21Fb+Q8ZVrBaFla663s8/66qoJrwoc8BQLwGs2XQr2aH0igNCgHRToykw 9n3Mk8RuLP7+0JAMWKxsGEStnHoT5edaXEDRdMxfHYmn4acP+E1hO0KmDVH8hw9lZ3Qyez65P duCGPpU0CYAOxo9+xbU6cZNvTa75B9KvKcYdt4zm0250QjWRtZcujN1LuwkmIJOEdm18Bv0NQ XmMDSgsviQTyfh+eIuohpgWwbQUDqhHm4DU3QKC+UvT X-BeenThere: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Using Bluetooth in FreeBSD environments List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 06:56:40 -0000 The BSD community, not just FreeBSD, should look into creating a standard driver for Bluetooth v4, and forget completely about versions 1.2, 2.x, and 3.x. Worrying about versions 2 and 3 is a complete waste of time. Bluetooth v4 dongles are now inexpensive, and are backward compatible with devices of lesser Bluetooth versions. From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Thu Jan 4 16:03:31 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bluetooth@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A84F0EBF9CE for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 16:03:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from takawata@sana.init-main.com) Received: from sana.init-main.com (104.194.138.210.bn.2iij.net [210.138.194.104]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "amnesiac", Issuer "amnesiac" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39B6670742 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 16:03:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from takawata@sana.init-main.com) Received: from sana.init-main.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sana.init-main.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id w04FgoWV028427 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2018 00:42:52 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from takawata@sana.init-main.com) Received: (from takawata@localhost) by sana.init-main.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w04FgoBj028426 for freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org; Fri, 5 Jan 2018 00:42:50 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from takawata) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 00:42:50 +0900 From: Takanori Watanabe To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bluetooth v4 Message-ID: <20180104154250.GA28393@sana.init-main.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) X-BeenThere: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Using Bluetooth in FreeBSD environments List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:03:31 -0000 On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 07:56:32AM +0100, Sid wrote: > The BSD community, not just FreeBSD, should look into creating a standard driver for Bluetooth v4, and forget completely about versions 1.2, 2.x, and 3.x. Worrying about versions 2 and 3 is a complete waste of time. > > Bluetooth v4 dongles are now inexpensive, and are backward compatible with devices of lesser Bluetooth versions. I wrote some code for Bluetooth LE and partly commited to the HEAD. I use HOGP mouse. https://github.com/takawata/FreeBSD-BLE