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HCI RAW channel

Overview

HCI RAW channel API is intended to expose HCI interface to the remote entity. The local Bluetooth controller gets owned by the remote entity and host Bluetooth stack is not used. RAW API provides direct access to packets which are sent and received by the Bluetooth HCI driver.

API Reference

group hci_raw

HCI RAW channel.

Functions

int bt_send(struct net_buf *buf)

Send packet to the Bluetooth controller.

Send packet to the Bluetooth controller. Caller needs to implement netbuf pool.

Return
Zero on success or (negative) error code otherwise.
Parameters
  • buf: netbuf packet to be send

int bt_enable_raw(struct k_fifo *rx_queue)

Enable Bluetooth RAW channel.

Enable Bluetooth RAW HCI channel.

Return
Zero on success or (negative) error code otherwise.
Parameters
  • rx_queue: netbuf queue where HCI packets received from the Bluetooth controller are to be queued. The queue is defined in the caller while the available buffers pools are handled in the stack.