From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Many hci devices (?) From: Marcel Holtmann To: George Billios Cc: BlueZ Mailing List In-Reply-To: <40335E98.9070405@bris.ac.uk> References: <40335E98.9070405@bris.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1077111647.2676.2.camel@pegasus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: bluez-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:40:47 +0100 Hi George, > I have a Bluetooth USB dongle which in general works fine. The only > problem is that if I run hciconfig I get multiple devices: > > hci0: Type: USB > BD Address: 00:04:61:80:84:25 ACL MTU: 192:8 SCO MTU: 64:8 > UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN > RX bytes:87 acl:0 sco:0 events:11 errors:0 > TX bytes:39 acl:0 sco:0 commands:10 errors:0 > > hci1: Type: VHCI > BD Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 ACL MTU: 0:0 SCO MTU: 0:0 > DOWN > RX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 events:0 errors:0 > TX bytes:4 acl:0 sco:0 commands:1 errors:0 > > hci2: Type: VHCI > BD Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 ACL MTU: 0:0 SCO MTU: 0:0 > DOWN > RX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 events:0 errors:0 > TX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 commands:0 errors:0 > > hci3: Type: VHCI > BD Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 ACL MTU: 0:0 SCO MTU: 0:0 > DOWN > RX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 events:0 errors:0 > TX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 commands:0 errors:0 > > I get the above order (the USB dongle on hci0) only if I start the > computer with the dongle plugged in. If I start the computer and then > plug the dongle in, it gets hci3 while the other "devices" get > hci0,hci1,hci2,hci4 . This is a problem because I'm using kde-bluetooth > which only connects through device hci0. > My question is what are these devices and how can I make the USB Dongle > take hci0? these devices are virtual HCI device from the hci_vhci driver, which is used by hciemu. I think this is a misc device minor problem and if you don't plan to use hciemu, remove the hci_vhci kernel module from your harddrive. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users