Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:24:49 -0800 From: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> To: vova@fbsd.ru Cc: bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bluetooth mouse Message-ID: <41C32471.2050805@savvis.net> In-Reply-To: <1103269957.974.7.camel@localhost> References: <1100552998.1098.5.camel@localhost> <419B8353.7040908@savvis.net> <opshmg45c1lo1qsj@mail.xs4all.nl> <419B9EF8.2090401@savvis.net> <1103269957.974.7.camel@localhost>
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Vladimir,
> I have found your message:
> ======================================
> you need to have Bluetooth HID (Human Interface Device) support. someone
> wrote me an e-mail a while ago asking the same question. i tried to
> explain Bluetooth HID and how it works. its not a rocket science - you
> just need write a daemon that opens a couple of L2CAP connection to the
> mouse and read bytes from it. then you feed these bytes
> into /dev/console via ioctl(2) to move actual mouse pointer. i'm not
> sure if this person working on this.
> ======================================
>
> So I am ready to try it, Can you resend me your explanations ?
good :)
> Also, I think, it is better to provide usual /dev/*msX interface for
> moused ?
why?
> It looks like I need to write ng node which will connect to l2cap node
> one side and create /dev/btmsX on another side ?
well, actually its much simpler :) most of the work already was done.
take a look at /usr/src/usr.sbin/bluetooth/{bthidcontrol,bthidd}. these
are not yet connected to the build, but you should be able to compile
and run them.
bthidcontrol(8) is a utility that can query bluetooth hid devices and
create configuration for bthidd(8).
% nroff -man bthidcontrol.8 | less -- for more information
bthidd(8) is a bluetooth hid daemon (incomplete but mouse should work).
it will read configuration created by bthidcontrol(8) and talk to
bluetooth hid devices.
whats needs to be done:
1) finish and test bthidd(8) and vkbd(4) integration (bluetooth keyboard
support). i've done most of it, but was never able to finish and test it :(
2) better handling of bluetooth mouse events, i.e. detect double clicks
etc. and send appropriate ioctl(2) to /dev/console. double clicks etc.
will work in X, but not in the text mode.
thanks,
max
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