Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.11.231]:59415 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755745AbbBCM3q (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2015 07:29:46 -0500 From: Kalle Valo To: Marcel Holtmann Cc: Larry Finger , linux-wireless , Troy Tan , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org Subject: btcoex subsystem References: <1422304934-9239-1-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <1422304934-9239-6-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <87h9v8zkuh.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <54CBA0CE.8030800@lwfinger.net> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:29:38 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Marcel Holtmann's message of "Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:05:24 -0800") Message-ID: <874mr3xjnx.fsf_-_@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20150203_132958_031951_73F6A931) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Marcel Holtmann writes: >> I will work on combining the latest BT drivers from Realtek with >> btusb to see if I can achieve a patch that will both work with the >> Realtek hardware, and get approval from the reviewers. >> >> What would be an approved method of communicating between two kernel >> modules? Is there some example in the kernel that I could study? > > We need a btcoex subsystem that both WiFi and Bluetooth can register > to and communicate with. The need for this seems to periodically come up, I remember needing something like that back in the Maemo wl1251 days and also ath6kl needed this. Are there any ideas for this subsystem? How would this btcoex subsystem work? What kind of information would it provide? Is this something we should discuss at Ottawa? -- Kalle Valo