Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:04:55 +0000 (GMT) From: Iain Hibbert <plunky@rya-online.net> To: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> Cc: freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: apple bluetooth keyboard Message-ID: <1141761895.037384.5308.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> In-Reply-To: <440DCFF0.6090809@savvis.net> References: <440DCFF0.6090809@savvis.net>
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > i now own apple bluetooth keyboard. i had a minute to spare and tried > bthidd(8) and bthidcontrol(8) with the most recent changes by Markus Brueffer. > > i'm very pleased to say that apple bluetooth keyboards almost works. in fact, > i'm typing this email using apple bluetooth keyboard. Max, this is excellent news because mine arrived friday and I am about to start working on HID support for NetBSD. Mostly this means porting bthidd and bthidcontrol though we have wscons/wsmux here which I hope means I can inject events already. > another minor issue, which has nothing to do with, bthidd(8) or > bthidcontrol(8), is pairing procedure. it is not very user friendly, because > there is no indication as to when user should type pin code on the keyboard. > this can be addresses by teaching hcsecd(8) to use external processes to > obtain pin codes. hcsecd(8) could call external process that will display > dialog to the user and request pin code. How do bluez/linux manage this? I have seen mention of a 'bluepin' application but have no idea how it works.. iain
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