Re: [Bluez-users] getting bluetooth v1.2, success report

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Marco,

> My last questions (hopefully) regarding this topic now are:
> - What is dangerous about updating the dongle?
> the procedure itself? only the linux btdfu tool (secure with mac)?

this depends on. Not all firmwares will fit into every dongle. However
we discussed this quite often and there is also a statement from a CSR
in the mailing list archive about it.

> - Widcomm delivers update-software too, will/should this work too with the 
> GenericCSR.dfu?

Never tested, but in general it should do the same job.

> - I now have to run hid2hci every time after I plug the dongle in (thanks 
> for the info marcel). What is this exactly doing, why is it necessary?

You get a USB dongle with HID proxy support. Look at the mailing list
archive for more details on what this is.

> - doing hid2hci I get:
> Switching device 0a12:1000 to HCI mode failed (Invalid or incomplete 
> multibyte or wide character)
> but everything's fine after that. is this a problem? why the error?

I thought this was fixed, but in general you can ignore the error.

Regards

Marcel




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