[ILUG] suggestions on a USB<->Bluetooth dongle?

Timothy Murphy tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
Wed Apr 20 10:59:54 IST 2005


On Wed 20 Apr 2005 04:20, Brian Foster wrote:

>   | What chip does the dongle have [ ... ]
>   | I think only CSR chips work "out of the box" under bluez.
>
>  yes, it's a Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR).
>  BTW, I've _not_ heard/read before the claim only
>  CSR works out-of-the-box.  you could be correct,
>  but I know of no confirmation of this?

I think you will find remarks along those lines
on the bluez mailing list
from Marcel Holtmann, the main bluez man (now).
I think you have to run a preliminary program, bluefw,
with virtually all other chips.

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