Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles/battery: Add Bluetooth LE Battery service

[Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>]

On Tue, 2017-10-24 at 14:58 +0300, Luiz Augusto von Dentz wrote:
> Hi Bastien,
> 
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 2:03 AM, Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
> wrote:
> > Only the Battery Level characteristic was tested with a
> > Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse SE.
> > 
> > This patch however hopes to support both the Battery Level and
> > the Battery Power State characteristics.
> > ---
> >  Makefile.plugins           |   3 +
> >  doc/battery-api.txt        |  36 +++
> >  profiles/battery/battery.c | 568
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 607 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 doc/battery-api.txt
> >  create mode 100644 profiles/battery/battery.c
> > 
> > diff --git a/Makefile.plugins b/Makefile.plugins
> > index 73377e532..1f3b5b552 100644
> > --- a/Makefile.plugins
> > +++ b/Makefile.plugins
> > @@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ builtin_sources += profiles/midi/midi.c \
> >  builtin_ldadd += @ALSA_LIBS@
> >  endif
> > 
> > +builtin_modules += battery
> > +builtin_sources += profiles/battery/battery.c
> > +
> >  if SIXAXIS
> >  plugin_LTLIBRARIES += plugins/sixaxis.la
> >  plugins_sixaxis_la_SOURCES = plugins/sixaxis.c
> > diff --git a/doc/battery-api.txt b/doc/battery-api.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000..6d28f7b17
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/doc/battery-api.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
> > +BlueZ D-Bus Battery API description
> > +***********************************
> > +
> > +
> > +Battery hierarchy
> > +=================
> > +
> > +Service                org.bluez
> > +Interface      org.bluez.Battery1
> > +Object path    [variable
> > prefix]/{hci0,hci1,...}/dev_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX
> > +
> > +Properties     boolean Present [readonly]
> > +
> > +                       Whether the device has a battery present.
> 
> Not sure why would we have this as a property, if the battery is not
> present then we should not even publish the interface.

UPower has a "present" property as well, so this matches both the
service and the UPower properties. It avoids logic bugs where the
battery presence changes but we'd forget to export/unexport the
interface (or races). Finally, it's useful information for devices
which have another means of power (I can imagine some devices having
batteries, but also working wired, with a removable battery).

> > +               boolean Rechargeable [readonly]
> > +
> > +                       Whether the battery built into the device
> > is rechargeable
> > +                       or not.

We wouldn't be able to export this property either if the battery
wasn't present above, and we did hide the interface.
<snip>
> > +       /* Values explained at:
> > +        * https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/gatt/viewer?att
> > ributeXmlFile=org.bluetooth.characteristic.battery_power_state.xml
> > */
> 
> I guess it is better to quote the actual text instead of the link
> here.

Sure. I'll send an updated patch with that.

<snip>
> > --
> > 2.14.2
> 
> Otherwise looks good.

Great!