On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 08:06:04PM -0400, Rick Scott wrote:
> I just noticed mention of a kernel driver in your TODO file. It just
> happens that I'm looking at that now. My thought is to create a device
> file for each "function". So for the first blackberry plugged in, you'd
> get bbdesktop0, bbmodem0, bbjavaloader0, and so on. The serial protocol,
> used in the older devices and bluetooth, is basically the same as what
> is sent over the "RIM Desktop" socket with a different header. So if the
> "RIM Desktop" packets are converted to the serial format and presented
> on bbdesktop0, anything to do with database access is the same
> on /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/rfcomm0, /dev/bbdesktop0. The modem
> from /dev/rfcomm1, /dev/bbmodem1, and so on. This would give consistent
> access to all of the functions, whatever the means of connection.
Hi Rick,
It's a useful feature to have the ability to share a Blackberry USB
connection across multiple programs and multiple purposes.
I think it is best to start at the lowest level we can, and we may
run into some roadblocks along the way. Especially the probe messages
that are not well understood yet.
I think a kernel level interface that handles sockets and the opening
and closing of modes, is best. I'm quite against the idea of putting
record parsing in the kernel... I don't want to have to recompile my
kernel to get at a new Contact field, nor do I want to swim the depths
of the the kernel development process for something that is more quickly
updated in userspace.
But it *would* be very useful to do something like this:
start a backup
start a tethered modem connection
end backup
start a javaloader transfer
start a restore
end restore
do a full sync of contacts and calendar
end javaloader
end modem
There are some gotcha's in that list, I think. :-) Should be doable in
theory though.
Thoughts?
- Chris
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