[alsa-devel] [RFC] MIDI over Bluetooth Low Energy
Clemens Ladisch
clemens at ladisch.de
Thu Oct 1 13:53:38 CEST 2015
Felipe Tonello wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Clemens Ladisch <clemens at ladisch.de> wrote:
>> Felipe Tonello wrote:
>>> I am planning to start the support of MIDI BLE profile[1].
>>>
>>> I suggest two main goals:
>>> * To be transparent to applications, i.e., use rawmidi and sequencer
>>> ALSA interfaces to interact.
>>> * To support peripheral and central BLE roles.
>>>
>>> My question is: what is the best way possible of doing it?
>>
>> Just write a (user-space) sequencer client.
>
> But this will limit to seq interface only. It will not be available
> via rawmidi interface, right?
Yes. And why would this be a problem?
>>> They all have the problem of context switching between bluez plugin
>>> and alsa midi driver.
>>
>> Why would context switches be a problem?
>
> It is just too much travelling around.
It hasn't been a problem with any other MIDI application.
Regards,
Clemens
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