On Mon, 4 Dec 2017, Robert Elz wrote: > Most would never appear in ifconfig and no-one would want them to. > That is despite the fact that the interface uses sockets, and is > a (limited) network protocol.
When Bluetooth is used to carry general networking, a network interface will be created for that purpose (using tap(4) or ppp(4) depending on the link type) > But while I'm here, I'd agree with your earlier point, there are situations > when disabling high power wireless comms is a good idea, but where it is > perfectly OK to leave bluetooth enabled - even if that isn't what most > "kill wireless" hardwired or soft keyboard buttons do. I personally think that this RADIO_TOGGLE event should just be handled with something like powerd (if not powerd itself) iain