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Date:   Tue, 14 Jan 2020 21:09:48 +0100
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Hi Inga,

On 01/14, Stotland, Inga wrote:
> I wonder if it would be better to re-use "-i" option by changing it's
> meaning form "index" to "i/o".
> 
> So that " -i hci<#>" will map to generic i/o on a specified controller
> and no "-i" option means any controller.
>  
> Yes, we will loose some uniformity across all of the bluez in a sense
> that "-i <#>" won't work, but imo it's preferable to having two options
> with inter-dependecies.

Hm, might be... The reason I added the "--io=<type>:<options>" was the
"<options>" part.

For example, we have a non-HCI radio adapter that uses
"--io=uart:/dev/tty<n>" syntax, or remote radio using
"--io=tcp:<host>:<port>" syntax.

So maybe I could parse  "-i <n>" and  "-i hci<n>" (where <n> is a
number) as a shortcut for "-i generic:hci<n>"?

That would allow us to merge both options and rename "--index" to
"--io".

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