Re: Bluetooth: possible bug and question

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost (Mouse) writes:

>In general, HCI_CMD_foo and HCI_OCF_foo have the same low octet.  But
>when foo is SNIFF_SUBRATING, they don't.  This makes
>HCI_CMD_SNIFF_SUBRATING collide with HCI_CMD_FLOW_SPECIFICATION.


HCI_CMD_SNIFF_SUBRATING  is supposed to be 0x0811, but the
value seems to be used nowhere by the code.


> Is there a reference anyone would recommend?

It's all confusing, even more if you look at BLE (which we
do not support). If you try to understand bluetooth, you will
also find what else we don't support yet.


 I found bluetooth.com, but
>their PDFs specifically deny the right to use them to anyone not one of
>their members - even though their webserver cheerfully hands them out
>to anyone who cares to bother fetching them.

Some people believe this denial is about use of patents and trademarks
involved with Bluetooth. But you probably have to ask your own shyster.