[RFC,v2,0/3] bluetooth/gnss: GNSS support for TiWi chips

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Andreas Kemnade Jan. 28, 2024, 5:33 p.m. UTC

Some of these chips have GNSS support. In some vendor kernels
a driver on top of misc/ti-st can be found providing a /dev/tigps
device which speaks the secretive Air Independent Interface (AI2) protocol.

To be more compatible with userspace send out NMEA by default but
allow a more raw mode by using a module parameter.

This was tested on the Epson Moverio BT-200.

Changes since V1:
- Set up things for NMEA output
- Powerup/down at open()/close()
- split out logic between drivers/bluetooth and drivers/gnss
- leave out drivers/misc/ti-st driver removal to avoid
  filling up mailboxes during the iterations, this series is
  still a proof that it is not needed, will take the brush after
  this series is accepted.

Andreas Kemnade (3):
  gnss: Add AI2 protocol used by some TI combo chips.
  bluetooth: ti-st: Add GNSS subdevice for TI Wilink chips
  gnss: Add driver for AI2 protocol

 drivers/bluetooth/hci_ll.c   |  81 ++++++
 drivers/gnss/Kconfig         |  13 +
 drivers/gnss/Makefile        |   3 +
 drivers/gnss/ai2.c           | 523 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/gnss/core.c          |   1 +
 include/linux/gnss.h         |   1 +
 include/linux/ti_wilink_st.h |   8 +
 7 files changed, 630 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/gnss/ai2.c