[RFC] rc.d integration for the bluetooth subsystem

Lyndon Nerenberg lyndon at orthanc.ca
Wed Nov 2 13:39:50 PST 2005


On Nov 2, 2005, at 8:20 AM, Brooks Davis wrote:

>>   ${dev}_bluetooth_config=".."
>>
>> i did not like this one because hccontrol(8) and other bluetooth  
>> tools
>> do not support more than one command at a time, i.e. its not  
>> possible to
>> run "hccontrol -n ubt0hci cmd1 param1 cmd2 param2". changing
>> hccontrol(8) to support this kind of syntax is somewhat tricky,  
>> because
>> commands may have optional parameters.
>>
>> - have all non-default parameters appear on a separate lines, i.e.
>>
>>   ${dev}_bluetooth_local_name="..."
>>   ${dev}_bluetooth_hci_debug_level="..."

I would prefer these variable names take the form bluetooth_${dev} 
_foo, or even better, btconf_${dev}_foo.  That way all the bluetooth  
config entries group together by device when rc.conf is kept sorted  
by variable name. (This also follows the ifconfig_{$if} naming  
convention.)

--lyndon


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