Re: [Bluez-devel] Re: CSR firmware question...

[Roderick Taylor <rtaylor@hcvwireless.com>]

Is btdfu app USB only?

A quick skim through the source leads me to believe it is. Will their be
a UART one?

Rod.

On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 09:31, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Jean,
> 
> > 	A few questions regarding CSR firmware : what's a commonly
> > available BT USB dongle with a recent CSR firmware.
> 
> as I know there are only dongles with HCI 16.14 firmware available.
> 
> > 	I'm hitting various bugs with the CSR firmware in my D-Link
> > USB dongles (0x1bb), where I can easilly deadlock the dongle. My 3Com
> > dongle, which has a more recent firmware (0x20e), behave much better,
> > but not perfect.
> > 	D-Link doesn't provide a firmware updater, but, beeing
> > fearless, I tried to firmware upgrade a D-Link dongle and ended up
> > with a dead dongle (can't even put back the original firmware on it).
> > 	From the release notes, the latest CSR firmwares have zillions
> > of bug fixes. I really wonder how I can enjoy the bug fixes.
> 
> The D-Link dongle DBT-120 (Rev B3) can be updated using the Apple
> firmware update file. After that it will be HCI 18.1 with default boot
> mode set to HID. Maybe other revisions of the D-Link dongle don't work
> and I already put some of dongles to death while playing with firmware
> upgrade.
> 
> > P.S. : Marcel, do you have a version of btdfu that can write the
> > firmware image to the dongle ? Or some documentation ?
> 
> I never announced the new version of the btdfu, but now as you asked for
> it, here it is:
> 
> 	http://www.holtmann.org/linux/bluetooth/btdfu-0.3.tar.gz
> 
> Use it at your own risk, because you can kill your dongle !!!
> 
> Read what the CSR guys had written about signed firmware and that it is
> not possible to move firmware from one manufacturer to another !!!
> 
> Regards
> 
> Marcel
> 
> 
> 
> 
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