Re: [PATCH v6 01/16] doc: Add settings storage documentation

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Hi Fred,

> >> +Cache directory files
> >> +======================
> >> +
> >> +Each files, named by remote device address, contains 1 [General] group:
> >> +  [General]
> >> +  Name=device name a
> >
> > Is this the only thing we are storing in these files? Or are we planning
> > to store additional information at some point.
> >
> >> +Device directory files
> >> +======================
> >> +
> >> +Remote device info file will include a [General] group with device info,
> >> +[DeviceID], [LinkKey] and [LongTermKey] groups with related info:
> >> +  [General]
> >> +  Alias=
> >
> > Are we just doing the Alias here? We are not keeping the Name? In theory
> > we have a short name and full name actually. If we ever only got the
> > short name, we need to know that. Then we have to request the long name
> > next time.
> 
> Name is already stored in cache file. So I think we do not need to save 
> it also in device info file.
> 
> We may store both short and long names in the cache file.

I was assuming that the cache file is only used for LE devices with
static random addresses, but know I remember that we even need to store
the names for devices that we only discovered and not paired with.

Regards

Marcel


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