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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
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Subject: Re: [rfc]btusb with SCO support
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:05:11 +0200
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Hi Oliver,

>>>
>>> +module_param(override_ignore, bool, 0644);
>>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(override_ignore, "Drive blacklisted devices");
>>
>> Why do we need this one? What is it good for?
>
> To override HCI_IGNORE. IF we provide overrides for blacklist entries,
> it should be done systematically.

no we should not do that. The HCI_IGNORE is for devices that pretend  
to be Bluetooth H:2 compatible, but they are not. In these cases we do  
have other drivers that do this right. See bcm203x and bpa10x drivers.

Regards

Marcel