[alsa-devel] [RFC] MIDI over Bluetooth Low Energy

[Clemens Ladisch]

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