Subject: Re: [RFC] nl80211: Added NL80211 commands for Bluetooth-WiFi coex
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Suraj Sumangala <surajs@qca.qualcomm.com>
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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:30:17 +0200
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On Wed, 2011-08-31 at 11:55 +0530, Suraj Sumangala wrote:
> This patch propose a new set of NL80211 commands and attributes
> to communicate information about ongoing Bluetooth operations to the
> wifi chip in case of a Bluetooth-WiFi coex solution.
> 
> It can then be used by the WiFi hardware to understand the requirements
> of a Bluetooth radio and manage shared resources between
> Bluetooth and Wifi modules better.
> 
> The proposed Bluetooth information sent are mainly regarding Bluetooth
> SCO, A2DP connection, inquiry and master/slave role of Bluetooth chip.
> 
> This information can be sent by a userspace Bluetooth filter utility
> application to the WiFi driver.

???
Why would this need a userspace utility? Are you cloning some sort of
windows architecture here?

johannes