Generic HCI Timeline

[saeidakbari]

I want to inquire about the timeline for the support of using Bluetooth Generic HCI in the project. Currently, the crate supports BLE mesh using the Nordic SoftDevice and the nrf-softdevice crate which can only be achieved by explicitly flashing the SoftDevice, which can be quite a hassle.

Could you please provide an update on when we might expect support for Bluetooth HCI?

[lulf]

Im not aware of any effort Implementering btmesh on HCI. But the good news is that this should be easier than ever to do, using the bt-hci crate and trouble-host, which would allow it to work on nrf, esp32, Pico w, and more.

[saeidakbari]

Thanks, I'm really looking forward to Open a PR on this but I'm not sure if trouble-host supports all features behind btmesh since it is limited compare to nrf-softdevice.

[lulf]

Trouble host supports both scanning/advertising and GATT, and that's really all that's needed for a bearer.