Return-Path: Message-ID: From: Ssagarr Patil To: Marcel Holtmann CC: "linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org" Subject: RE: bluez5 pairing devices Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:02:33 +0530 In-Reply-To: References: <,<94A95B77-D50A-4B0E-9038-424B14DFF965@holtmann.org> <>> , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Marcel, Thanks for the response. >>>> I am very new to bluetooth, so sorry for a novice query. >>>> >>>> 1: I am using 2.6.37 Linux kernel, can bluez5 stack be used on this or should I use bluez4 ? >>>> 2: With bluez5 I am able to scan devices and also see the device on other device but I am not able to pair them >>>> Is there some sort of deamon required to pair them ? >>> >>> BlueZ 5 requires a Bluetooth subsystem with management API support. So at least kernel 3.4 or you have to use Linux backports to at least bring the Bluetooth subsystem to your 2.6.37 kernel. And I have heard of success from people doing that, but I have not personally done that. >>> >> Probably that would take me more time in back porting. In case of 2.6.37 what version of bluez4 would be best ? > > the Linux backports project does that automatically. Give it a try. You are not the person with this problem, but it is not something were BlueZ upstream will be of much assistance. > Any quick pointers on doing this ? > I think that our android/README has even some instructions on how to get that started for an Android build. You might be able to adapt that quickly. > I am more interested in Linux. Regards, Sagar