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Subject: Re: non-blocking hci_inquiry()
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Alexander H Deriziotis <deriziotis@gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:31:44 +0200
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Hi Alex,

> I've been playing with the linux wiimote daemon called Cwiid, and
> noticed that while it's waiting for a connection from a wiimote, it's
> blocking the bluetooth adapter from doing anything else.
> 
> Searching around and looking at the code, I can see it's calling
> hci_inquiry() in a loop which is blocking the device.
> 
> Does a non-blocking hci_inquiry() function exist? If not, could I get
> some help on how to go about writing one?

use the D-Bus interface for non-blocking inquiry.

Regards

Marcel