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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 23:31:05 +0300
From: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 13/15] Bluetooth: LE scan infra-structure
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Hi Gustavo,

On Fri, Oct 07, 2011, Gustavo Padovan wrote:
> hdev->flags is exported to userspace, it is not internal. We need to create
> other place in struct hci_dev to keep this info. See some of Marcel's reply on
> this.

I think the best idea proposed so far is to have a hdev->legacy_flags
with a bare minimum set of possible values (HCI_UP, etc). This variable
is then exported to user space while a new hdev->flags can be created
which remains private within the kernel.

Johan