From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: Bluez Certification From: Marcel Holtmann To: Balaji Palaniswami Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <454943.43647.qm@web95403.mail.in2.yahoo.com> References: <454943.43647.qm@web95403.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:40:04 -0700 Message-Id: <1246988404.3384.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Balaji, > I had a couple of questions related to the BQB qualification > of the Bluez stack and was wondering if someone could help with the same > > The BQB certification is of two types – profile and host. > Basically we are trying to get the BQB profile qualification for a BT > dongle. > > There are a number of companies that have done the BQB host > side certification for the Bluez stack. Ideally we would like to leverage the > BT host certification done by the other companies for the host side and simply do a profile cert for our device. > > The questions I have are the following: > Is 1) Is it possible to reuse a certification done by someone > else? Has this been done before? ( The Helsinki developer meeting minutes from > 2008 seem to suggest this has been done before) yes, it is possible if kernel version and source code are matching. And if the BlueZ source code is matching. > 2) If it is possible then what is the procedure for the > same? Just do it. The Bluetooth SIG has a procedure for it. It is a little bit confusing, but should still work. > 3) Is there a particular BQ ID that has been made > available for other people to use? There are few, but it always depends on 1) and it if matches. > 4) Have any devices been qualified for Bluetooth 2.1 with > Bluez? Yes. Not sure if all of them are listed yet. Regards Marcel