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From: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@gmail.com>
To: Pavan Savoy <pavan_savoy@sify.com>
Cc: Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@gmail.com>,
	linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: why scan_disable during hciops_power_off
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:08:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110125160830.GA14610@jh-x301> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimxHnqd9hp_Uu9DCXokq2Zj0bBb-3aJqRXE_AdE@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011, Pavan Savoy wrote:
> >> 1. are there controllers there which even after doing hci0 down,
> >> allows other devices to be scanned?
> >> for those what do hci0 down mean ? radio not switched off ?
> >
> > Good point, perhaps this is driver dependent, so we do it just be safe guard.
> 
> I hope all devices and drivers out there consider the hci0 down as the
> radio OFF,
> I don't think there is a reason for it to be otherwise....
> so why the safe-guard ?

IIRC Marcel added this due to paranoia with the non-connectable GAP test
case with the BITE tester. The test kept failing even though the device
was in DOWN state.

Johan

  reply	other threads:[~2011-01-25 16:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-25 13:12 why scan_disable during hciops_power_off Pavan Savoy
2011-01-25 15:27 ` Luiz Augusto von Dentz
2011-01-25 15:58   ` Pavan Savoy
2011-01-25 16:08     ` Johan Hedberg [this message]
2011-01-25 16:11       ` Marcel Holtmann
2011-01-25 16:17         ` Pavan Savoy
2011-01-26 10:51           ` Pavan Savoy

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