From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932986Ab2C2Cf4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:35:56 -0400 Received: from home.keithp.com ([63.227.221.253]:60284 "EHLO keithp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758705Ab2C2Cfs (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:35:48 -0400 From: Keith Packard To: Gustavo Padovan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, Marcel Holtmann , Johan Hedberg Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "Bluetooth: Always enable management interface" In-Reply-To: <20120329022839.GA26111@joana> References: <1332983958-2734-1-git-send-email-keithp@keithp.com> <20120329022839.GA26111@joana> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.11.1 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:35:44 -0700 Message-ID: <86r4wct9q7.fsf@sumi.keithp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org <#part sign=pgpmime> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:28:39 -0300, Gustavo Padovan wrote: > A consequence is that you'll need to use newer version of bluez, at least 4.99. > Or call the bluetooth daemon (from a pre 4.99 version) with a parameter to > disable the new interface: That's not OK -- you're breaking user space with this kernel change. I know I get bashed every time I suggest that we 'fix' the kernel and require new user space X bits... -- keith.packard@intel.com