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From: Iain Hibbert <plunky@rya-online.net>
To: Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@gmail.com>
Cc: BlueZ devel list <linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Feature request: boolean properties to auto reconnect list of MAC's at daemon start up
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:03:32 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1246716212.336777.600.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2d5a2c100907040637s73791batd85327f31cb4f1ee@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, 4 Jul 2009, Luiz Augusto von Dentz wrote:

> > IIUC that's just how bluetooth input devices work: they do connect to
> > the host - not the other way round. So it is really a problem that
> > cannot be solved on bluez' side.
>
> Yep, most hid devices will just refuse the connection if the 'virtual
> cable plug' was already stabilised, in general this is also a bad idea
> for any connection attempt during the startup as we have no guarantee
> that the connection will complete.

see HIDNormallyConnectable attribute in the HID spec (7.11.13)

I certainly find with my Apple bluetooth keyboard and mouse that the host
OS (not using BlueZ btw) can connect to them at boot without my
intervention.

iain


  reply	other threads:[~2009-07-04 14:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-04 11:15 Feature request: boolean properties to auto reconnect list of MAC's at daemon start up Jelle de Jong
2009-07-04 11:57 ` Stefan Seyfried
2009-07-04 13:37   ` Luiz Augusto von Dentz
2009-07-04 14:03     ` Iain Hibbert [this message]
2009-07-09  8:00       ` Jelle de Jong

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