bt_dev API

[Maksim Yevmenkin]

Iain,

> Are you still with us?  After some delay (and a tan from last week :) I am
> about ready with the bt_dev stuff for NetBSD now (latest dump at
> www.netbsd.org:~plunky/btdev-20090609.tar.gz)

sorry. i'm completely swamped at $real_job :(

> some questions re API still to be resolved though
>
> - bt_devopen(name, flags)       flags argument?
>                                  BTOPT_DIRECTION
>                                  BTOPT_TIMESTAMP

i guess its fine, but i still kinda like setopt() call.

> - bt_devclose(s)                should not be required?

i'd like to just keep it for clarity. we can turn it into #define if needed

> - ssize_t bt_devsend()          return number of bytes sent?

sure

> - bt_devinfo(name, info)        add name argument?

no problem

> - struct bt_devinfo             state field needs to be genericalised,

i have not look at the source. i'm guessing its probably fine too :)

thanks,
max