Re: [Bluez-users] I have a question about the bdaddr utility

[Ben Tullis <ben.tullis@infomatrix.com>]

Thanks for all the responses.

hciconfig hci0 putkey [bdaddr]
worked perfectly for me and my chip.

I can now dual-boot and use the bluetooth seamlessly between XP and Linux.

Regards,

Ben Tullis

Marcel Holtmann wrote:

>Hi Andy,
>
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>
>>>>My question is, is this change permanently written to the chip, or is it 
>>>>merely a volatile change as far as the running kernel is concerned?
>>>>        
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>>>the change is permanent.
>>>      
>>>
>>Would it be possible to make it volatile?
>>    
>>
>
>in case of CSR chips the BD_ADDR is a PSKEY. I don't know if it can be
>made volatile. This is a question for the CSR gurus ;)
>
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>>>>The reason I ask is that I am having trouble with dual-booting between 
>>>>Windows XP and Linux. I have to repair each time I swap operating 
>>>>systems and it is a pain.
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>>>>
>>>Once you paired with Linux you can store the link key on the Bluetooth
>>>chip and you don't need to repair with Windows. Check the hciconfig for
>>>the correct command.
>>>      
>>>
>>Could you please detail on that? I can see no obvious way in the manpage
>>(maybe I should use CVS version?) and I don't quite understand how it
>>would work. Is there some on-chip storage for linkkeys that gets read
>>by the windows drivers?
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>Whoops. It seems that I forgot to update the manual page. What you are
>searching for are the putkey and delkey commands. Call "hciconfig -h".
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>>I'm asking, because I have the same problem when moving a bluetooth adapter 
>>between two different PCs. The headset will need to be re-paired with the 
>>other PC, whenever I do so (and I got to remove the linkkey before, of 
>>course).
>>
>>I could try copying the link keys, as they are both linux (not sure, if 
>>that would work, but it sounds worth a try), but I doubt this is possible 
>>with windows.
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>Copying the link key should work.
>
>Regards
>
>Marcel
>
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>



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