[arch-general] hcidump is missing?

Peter Nabbefeld peter.nabbefeld at gmx.de
Thu Mar 9 13:29:39 UTC 2017


Am 09.03.2017 um 13:38 schrieb ProgAndy:
> Am 08.03.2017 um 16:34 schrieb Guus Snijders via arch-general:
>> It looks like hcidump is no longer supported:
>> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=b1eb2c4cd057624312e0412f6c4be000f7fc3617
>>
>>
>> <quote> build: Hide deprecated tools under --enable-deprecated This
>> marks the following tools as deprecated as they are not longer
>> maintained or have been replaced by other tools: hciattach hciconfig
>> hcitool hcidump rfcomm sdptool ciptool gatttool </quote>
>>
>> Though it is not very clear what can be used instead.
>
> I think the replacement for hcidump should be btmon (plus btsnoop?)
> For the rest I think it is like this:
> - hciattach seems to be replaced by btattach.
> - hciconfig can probably be replaced by btmgmt nad maybe bluetoothctl.
> - gatttool looks similar to btgatt-client.
> - hcitool seems to be replaced by the dbus device api without any
> commandline tool.
> - rfcomm and ciptool seems to be missing, they probably want you to use
> the dbus profile api.
> - sdptool seems to be missing, you should probably use the different
> dbus objects like the profile api, the advertising api, and the UUIDs
> list in device api and adapter api.
>
> --
> A.
>
Hello Andy,

You seem to have a good knowledge about that - could You probably update 
wiki pages?

Regards
P.


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