Re: [Bluez-users] Same 3Com Bluetooth PCMCIA problems

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Bruce,

> Just acquired a 3Com 3CRWB6094 pc card, v1.0, trying to get it working
> with Gentoo and a 2.6.11.7 kernel on an IBM Thinkpad T42.  After much
> Googling and forum reading, I can get to the same point as jmoose
> (previous message on 5/19/2005) did:
> 
> 1. hci_uart, serial_cs, and all other kernel modules are appropriately loaded
> 2. cardmgr sees the card as it's being plugged in; serial port
> /dev/ttyS1 gets created
> 3. cardctl ident/config shows seemingly correct information
> 4. "bluefw pccard 0x3f8" loads my 3com firmware to make the little
> light turn on.
> 
> The problem comes when trying to hciattach the com port.  Anything
> other than "hciattach ttyS1 any" times out (using other device types).
>  The hci0 device that *is* registered using the "any" type doesn't
> report the correct BD address (all zeroes).  Trying to "hciconfig hci0
> up" times out as well with the same "Can't init device hci0:
> Connection timed out (110)" error.
> 
> From the previous thread, I suppose I know the answer already (too old
> of a version, it won't work?), but I wanted to ask the List for any
> troubleshooting suggestions before getting another bluetooth card.  If
> I have to get another one, the 2.0 version of this card seems to work
> better?

actually the version 2.0 works with the bt3c_cs driver and load the
firmware over hotplug. The version 3.0 works with serial_cs + hci_uart
and hciattach. I've never a version 1.0 of the 3Com card.

Regards

Marcel




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