Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add API to retrieve the Bluetooth Device Address (BD_ADDR)

[Matthias Kaehlcke]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 01:25:45AM -0400, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> On 9/20/2018 7:19 PM, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > If the existing users populate a custom property with the BD address
> > in the bootloader you could roll out a bootloader change. You'd have
> > to make sure that bootloader and kernel match. The bootloader could
> > still populate the custom property to be compatible with 'old'
> > kernels.
> 
> If there is no standard about the name of the property, this probably
> doesn't belong to property.c but should rather be hosted in bluetooth
> directory for consumption among the bluetooth drivers.

Well, there is a generic binding
(https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.18/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/bluetooth.txt),
the fact that there are drivers that aren't adhering to it doesn't
change that.