Return-Path: From: John Frankish To: "linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org" CC: Luiz Augusto von Dentz Subject: RE: Is bluetooth supported on lastest mac-mini? Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 03:55:34 +0000 Message-ID: <654DF80AD31A344E93DBCC6280BD6DEF22247990@NL0230MBX08N1.DIR.slb.com> References: <654DF80AD31A344E93DBCC6280BD6DEF222465B6@NL0230MBX08N1.DIR.slb.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Luiz Augusto von Dentz [mailto:luiz.dentz@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, 01 September, 2011 13:53 > To: John Frankish > Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: Is bluetooth supported on lastest mac-mini? > > Hi John, > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:38 AM, John Frankish wrote: > > Using bluez-4.96, things work fine on: > > > > dell latitude d430 > > Bus 002 Device 004: ID 413c:8140 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 360 > > Bluetooth > > > > ..but don't work on: > > > > 2011 unibody mac mini server > > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub > > (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) > > > > "bluetoothd -nd" does not throw up any error messages, but "hcitool scan" > > fails with a "no device" found message. > > > > Is there any further troubleshooting I could try? > > It might need some change in the kernel to able to load the proper driver, > something like the following should do it: > > diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c index > 91d13a9..16abfd1 100644 > --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c > +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c > @@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ static struct usb_device_id btusb_table[] = { > /* Apple MacBookPro8,2 */ > { USB_DEVICE(0x05ac, 0x821a) }, > > + /* Apple Mac Mini */ > + { USB_DEVICE(0x05ac, 0x4500) }, > + > /* AVM BlueFRITZ! USB v2.0 */ > { USB_DEVICE(0x057c, 0x3800) }, > > Thanks, I recompiled the 3.0.3 kernel with the patch, but my machine crashed as soon as the driver tried to load..