Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:08:15 -0700 From: "Maksim Yevmenkin" <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: IPX over IP support removed Message-ID: <bb4a86c70706131508l74c20cfbhba5e277c94fb8f67@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070613210951.GX42538@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <20070613150534.D83504@fledge.watson.org> <bb4a86c70706130739k52135518ha5a6920ebb1ca956@mail.gmail.com> <20070613210951.GX42538@cicely12.cicely.de>
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On 6/13/07, Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 07:39:26AM -0700, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > > Robert, > > > > [...] > > > > >The following subsystems remain with NET_NEEDS_GIANT dependence: > > > > > >i4b - ISDN framework, for which there is on-going work > > > > > >netatm - One of three ATM frameworks, for which there is on-going work > > > > > >ng_h4 - Bluetooth serial drivers -- I know of no on-going work here > > > > > >IPSEC - KAME IPSEC implementation, which will be removed and replaced with > > > FAST_IPSEC in 7.0, once IPv6 support is committed for it. > > > > > >Of the above, I am concerned about ng_h4 since I've heard nothing about > > >potential work on this. I believe the dependence issue has to do with > > >entering the non-MPSAFE TTY code without Giant, and perhaps this is easily > > >addressed... > > > > yes, ng_h4(4) uses giant to enter tty code. i have some code, i wrote > > long time ago, similar to what ng_tty(4) does, however, i was waiting > > for tty changes. > > > > i will see if i can fix it, or, since almost no one uses serial > > bluetooth dongles anymore, retire it completely > > I hadn't spend much time with bluetooth yet, so this maybe a silly > question. > Is this for using a generic bluetooth device attached to RS232 or > is this to emulate an serial connetion over BT? this is for bluetooth devices that use rs232 as transport. this includes external rs232 dongles and some older pccard device (i.e. i have xircom cbt). > So far the BT devices I've seen with uart interfaces are not gerneric > ones and support only the serial connection over BT in a modemstyle > fashion, which doesn't need special OS support anyway. yes, i think you are talking about serial-port-profile dongles. pair of those would essentially replace null-modem cable. they are different, as they run a simple application on them that implements serial-port-profile. usually, it is not possible to use serial interface to talk to bluetooth device itself (i.e. send hci command etc.). > I've ordered two of those devices yesterday and it would be great > if I can connect them with FreeBSD via an USB-BT adapter. it should be possible. i just tried to see if my xircom pccard would work and it did not :( basically uart(4) did not attached the card :( max
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