Re: bluez5 pairing devices

[Szymon Janc <szymon.janc@tieto.com>]

Hi,

On Tuesday 17 of March 2015 09:42:44 Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Sagar,
> 
> >>>>> I am very new to bluetooth, so sorry for a novice query.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 1: I am using 2.6.37 Linux kernel, can bluez5 stack be used on this or
> >>>>> should I use bluez4 ? 2: With bluez5 I am able to scan devices and
> >>>>> also see the device on other device but I am not able to pair them Is
> >>>>> there some sort of deamon required to pair them ?
> >>>> 
> >>>> BlueZ 5 requires a Bluetooth subsystem with management API support. So
> >>>> at least kernel 3.4 or you have to use Linux backports to at least
> >>>> bring the Bluetooth subsystem to your 2.6.37 kernel. And I have heard
> >>>> of success from people doing that, but I have not personally done
> >>>> that.>>> 
> >>> Probably that would take me more time in back porting. In case of 2.6.37
> >>> what version of bluez4 would be best ?>> 
> >> the Linux backports project does that automatically. Give it a try. You
> >> are not the person with this problem, but it is not something were BlueZ
> >> upstream will be of much assistance.> 
> > Any quick pointers on doing this ?
> 
> https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/
> 
> >> I think that our android/README has even some instructions on how to get
> >> that started for an Android build. You might be able to adapt that
> >> quickly.> 
> > I am more interested in Linux.
> 
> It is still running the same Linux kernel. That is why I said, you might be
> able to adapt that to your needs.

Just an note that recent backports dropped support for kernels older than 3.0.
So some older release might be needed for 2.6.37.

-- 
BR
Szymon Janc