[pulseaudio-discuss] Bluetooth HSP and HFP support in pulseaudio

[Pali Rohár]

On Monday 27 April 2020 22:06:29 Georg Chini wrote:
> On 27.04.20 21:45, Georg Chini wrote:
> > On 27.04.20 01:44, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 31 March 2020 09:36:21 Georg Chini wrote:
> > > > One comment here: The hsphfpd should be able to co-exist with
> > > > ofono. ofono + PA currently is the only way you can use your mobile
> > > > on Linux and we should not break this (unless the hsphfpd supplies
> > > > the same functionality). So - similar to ofono - it should at least be
> > > > possible to switch off the corresponding role, so that ofono can be
> > > > used for one role and hsphfpd for the other.
> > > If you can disable HFP support in ofono, then hsphfpd and ofono can
> > > coexist in system.
> > > 
> > > But coexistence of two HSP AG or HFP AG applications in system is
> > > impossible due to master listening SCO socket.
> > 
> > That is exactly my point. But you can have one application handle the
> > AG role while the other handles the HS role. For ofono mainly the HS
> > role is interesting, for PA mainly the AG role. Removing ofono completly
> > makes mobiles unusable under linux. In ofono, you can switch off
> > the AG role.
> 
> You would only need an option so that hsphfpd does not register the HS
> role with bluetoothd and would need to keep the corresponding bits of the
> ofono backend.

I can do this in hsphfpd daemon...

> That should not be much additional work and would not
> break the current use cases of the PA/ofono combination.

... but I had to remove ofono backend from pulseaudio. Sorry it is
broken and I do not have power to fix ...

> Like ofono, without the option, hsphfpd would register both roles.

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Pali Rohár
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