Return-Path: Message-ID: <49762FAC.8090007@dell.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:10:20 -0600 From: Mario Limonciello MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dell Wireless 360 Bluetooth HID devices not being remembered over suspend/reboot References: <1232291616.5095.13.camel@californication> In-Reply-To: <1232291616.5095.13.camel@californication> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigA3EA3C6EBAA021A8C82C502F" Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigA3EA3C6EBAA021A8C82C502F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Guys: Unfortunately I haven't been able to get ahold of the documentation for what is happening under the hood here. If I do, i'll be glad to get some form of a patch together or try to get said documentation released. Regards Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > =20 >> I know that this is a developers list, but I have dug pretty deeply >> here and got to the bottom of what the built-in USB bluetooth dongle >> is. I have found that its CSR based. Under Windows Vista my Apple >> keyboard and Logitech MX 900 work and are remembered across boots. >> From what I have heard, this device should just work. System is a >> Dell Vostro 1510 with Intel Core2Duo running Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, >> bluez 4.22. I also have an Intel 3945 ABG PCI mini wireless card in >> it as well. >> >> I am willing to do the hacking to get this going - I used to submit >> patches to the Linux kernel and develop/patch network drivers for >> Frame Relay WAN, as well as making the 2.2x ehternet bridge accessible= >> via a virtual ethernet interface - my email address was >> grantma@anathoth.gen.nz. >> >> Should I be using the module flags for a straight CSR modem? Is the >> kernel module btusb ths only place the bluez stack looks hard at the >> hardware? >> >> From what I have found looking at posts to the list, the CSR dongle, >> once it is set up properly - I don't mind running a CSR DFU firmware >> on it - it should just work. >> >> I am going to test software by using my old Logitech dongle in the MX >> 900 base station-charger. >> >> Getting the mouse going reliably and keyboard is going to help with my= >> frustrations with the small sized keys on the laptop keyboard when >> essay writing - currently I am rebinding the OOo.org keys into an >> emacs type of keymap. >> >> lsusb and hciconfig -a output follow. Is there anything else that may= >> be helpful? >> >> I gather that solving this will help out a lot of Ubuntu Dell laptop u= sers. >> =20 > > check with "hciconfig hci0 revision" and "bccmd buildname" (both as > root) if they have a special Dell firmware running on it. If not then > there can be still a Dell custom application running in the VM of the > Bluetooth chip. > > Best bet is to ask Mario from Dell if he can help us out here and maybe= > make HID/HCI switching persistent across reboots. If not then we might > have to write a bluetoothd plugin that does the job for us. > > Regards > > Marcel > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetoo= th" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > =20 --=20 Mario Limonciello *Dell | Linux Engineering* mario_limonciello@dell.com --------------enigA3EA3C6EBAA021A8C82C502F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl2L6wACgkQ2CrZjkA73YvRNwCfVh7EVfJFHnSGa9L+xFmLUk2E TfcAoJSOoUdopfDeM34OBKZ4JVbEYQW9 =xPLx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigA3EA3C6EBAA021A8C82C502F--