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Date:      Mon, 4 Oct 2021 19:32:15 +0300
From:      Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru>
To:        Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>, 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:  <20211004163215.GB80160@zxy.spb.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20210930111120.e038ca0a2a3c770f4778fa84@bidouilliste.com>
References:  <202109300200.18U20EZD084710@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <20210930111120.e038ca0a2a3c770f4778fa84@bidouilliste.com>

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On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:11:20AM +0200, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:

> 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.

Yes, removed code like UART Transport Layer, need for communicate w/
RPi4 BT module, for example.



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