1. The Bluetooth spec provides a manufacturer independent
messaging to the Bluetooth USB device (HCI).
2. M$ has not announced support for Bluetooth and seems
to be unsupportive (or atleast unenthusiastic) about
it. Linux support could be a significant plus for
linux on PDA's and internet appliances.
Initially PCMCIA and USB bluetooth devices are expected to be
available. This will need kernel code through applications
but it makes sense to start with the kernel. If there is enough
interest (code contributors, reviewers with knowledge of kernel
USB and networking code) and a software development plan is put
together I believe getting support (hardware, web sites, etc)
will be possible.
Please indicate interest by replying to me and I will try to
get a discussion going among those who reply.
Ranga
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Some links of interest:
http://www.bluetooth.com Main site
http://www.bluetooth.com/link/spec/core_10_a.pdf Full 1.0 spec
For those who dont want to download the 8.6 MB full spec
the relevant parts of it have direcet links below.
http://www.bluetooth.com/link/spec/bluetooth_d.pdf L2CAP spec
http://www.bluetooth.com/link/spec/bluetooth_e.pdf SDP spec
http://www.bluetooth.com/link/spec/bluetooth_f1.pdf RFCOMM spec
http://www.bluetooth.com/link/spec/bluetooth_h1.pdf HCI spec
http://www.bluetooth.com/link/spec/bluetooth_h2.pdf HCI USB spec
Some Marketing sites:
http://bluetooth.ericsson.se/default.asp
http://www.motorola.com/bluetooth/
http://www.intel.com/mobile/bluetooth/index.htm
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