[jira] [Resolved] (MYNEWT-786) newtmgr - BLE support that doesn't require blehostd

["Christopher Collins (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYNEWT-786?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Christopher Collins resolved MYNEWT-786.
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    Resolution: Fixed

This feature was added to the "new" newtmgr: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mynewt-newtmgr/tree/master/newtmgr

This commit repurposes the "ble" and "oic_ble" connection types.  Prior to this change, these types used a unix domain socket to control a blehostd process.  Now, they use native BLE support instead.

Example usage:

{noformat}
$ newtmgr conn show ble
Connection profiles:
  ble: type=ble, connstring=''

$ newtmgr -c ble --name nimble-bleprph image list
{noformat}

The connstring can optionally contain the following elements:

* ctlr_name=<controller-name> (default="default")
* peer_id=<address-or-uuid>
* peer_name=<advertised-name>

The format of the peer_id value depends on your native OS.  In Linux, this is a 6-byte Bluetooth address.  In Mac OS, this is a 128-bit device UUID (i.e., NSUUID).

To continue using blehostd, you should change to one of the following connection types:
* bhd
* oic_bhd

> newtmgr - BLE support that doesn't require blehostd
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MYNEWT-786
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYNEWT-786
>             Project: Mynewt
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>      Security Level: Public(Viewable by anyone) 
>          Components: Newtmgr
>            Reporter: Christopher Collins
>            Assignee: Christopher Collins
>             Fix For: v1_1_0_rel
>
>
> newtmgr currently supports BLE as a transport via blehostd, a NimBLE host running in a simulated OS.  This implementation works, but it comes with the following issues:
>     * Inability to use the built-in Bluetooth controller in MacOS.
>     * Hassle of setting up and configuring blehostd.
> The task captured in this ticket is to add a second form of BLE support to newtmgr which addresses these shortcomings.



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