Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:15:11 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-bluetooth@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: Iain Hibbert <plunky@rya-online.net> Cc: bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Asus bluetooth device - 0x1712 Message-ID: <4DF53A6F.9080701@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1106120817050.472@galant.ukfsn.org> References: <4DF46049.6080206@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <alpine.NEB.2.00.1106120817050.472@galant.ukfsn.org>
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On 06/12/11 17:30, Iain Hibbert wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jun 2011, Da Rock wrote: > > >> Trying to get this device to work on my laptop (after some time of neglect - >> I've had no use or time to look into it as yet), but none of the drivers seem >> to be working. I've even tried the atheros driver by Rusty which doesn't >> appear to be the same device anyway. >> >> Under usbconfig I get: >> <vendor 0x0b05 product 0x1712, class 224/1, rev 2.00/19.15, addr 2> on usbus5 >> >> Any ideas? >> > class 224/1 is wireless/rf, is there a way to check the device protocol? > it should be 1 (bluetooth) for the ubt driver to match.. > How do I find that out? Isn't it the rev number there? Or do I need to run a command to find that out? I can't physically look at the device as its built into the laptop board. > >> Also, what is the state of bluetooth 2.x? Everything I've read has only >> mentioned 1.1. >> > 4.0, 3.0& 2.x spec are all mostly backwards compatible (there are very > few deprecations) and the FreeBSD stack should continue to work on all > modern devices, albeit without advanced features.. > Ok, I get that people are busy working on other (possibly) more important things, but what is required to get the advanced features working? Where can I find out the current status of these projects and how to help? I'm currently learning about this technology (I know, late bloomer and all... :) ) and its various features- which are why I'm looking carefully at it now for my current needs. Unfortunately its the advanced features which I really need :( So if I can help advance things I will. Cheers
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