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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Scott James Remnant <keybuk@chromium.org>
Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] agent: allow agent to reply to RequestPinCode with bytes
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:41:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1326559307.6454.270.camel@aeonflux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1326505957-27555-3-git-send-email-keybuk@chromium.org>

Hi Scott,

> Since the specification allows the PIN to be a sequence of arbitrary
> octets, and not a UTF-8 string, allow the userspace agent to reply
> with such a sequence (as a D-Bus Array of Bytes).
> 
> This means a userspace agent can deal with devices that require their
> BD_ADDR (or the host's) as a PIN, and take care of trying multiple of
> such requirements.

this has been discussed before and the answer is a clear no to this.

You can however write a plugin that can handle binary PIN codes.

Regards

Marcel



  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-14 16:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-14  1:52 [PATCH 1/2] Pass length of PIN through callbacks Scott James Remnant
2012-01-14  1:52 ` [PATCH 2/2] agent: allow agent to reply to RequestPinCode with bytes Scott James Remnant
2012-01-14 16:41   ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2012-01-14 20:32     ` Scott James Remnant
2012-01-14 20:34     ` Scott James Remnant
2012-01-16 15:44       ` David Herrmann
2012-01-17  6:23         ` Scott James Remnant
2012-01-17  7:47           ` Marcel Holtmann
2012-01-17  8:30             ` Scott James Remnant
2012-01-17 10:23               ` Marcel Holtmann
2012-01-17 17:57                 ` Scott James Remnant

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