[Bluez-devel] What Bluetooth CF cards do developers use?

[Bluez-devel] What Bluetooth CF cards do developers use?

[Kyler Laird]

So far I've bought three CF cards to use with BlueZ.  The first wasn't
supported well at all.  The second set (Socket, without a protruding
antenna) was slick but doesn't work with BlueZ under Linux 2.6.

I want to get something that will work under 2.6 and is likely to
continue working for awhile (so that I don't have to convince my boss
to keep buying new ones).  I suspect that the best way to do that is to
get whatever the developers use.

So...what's a good choice?  I'd especially like to find something that
will readily work with the Zaurus.  A product that is readily available
at Best Buy/Circuit City/... is preferred.

Thank you.

--kyler



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Re: [Bluez-devel] What Bluetooth CF cards do developers use?

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Kyler,

> So far I've bought three CF cards to use with BlueZ.  The first wasn't
> supported well at all.  The second set (Socket, without a protruding
> antenna) was slick but doesn't work with BlueZ under Linux 2.6.
> 
> I want to get something that will work under 2.6 and is likely to
> continue working for awhile (so that I don't have to convince my boss
> to keep buying new ones).  I suspect that the best way to do that is to
> get whatever the developers use.
> 
> So...what's a good choice?  I'd especially like to find something that
> will readily work with the Zaurus.  A product that is readily available
> at Best Buy/Circuit City/... is preferred.

someone just asked me the same question. Actually I don't know what's
the best CF card so far. The non working Socket 2.5 is very bad, but it
is not the fault of the Bluetooth developers, because I think the
problem is in the serial subsystem. Starting with 2.6.6-rc2 the Anycom
CF-300 is finally supported. Actually the card works in my development
machine.

And actually I don't use any CF card for development. I do everything
with Bluetooth development boards with USB and serial connectors.

Regards

Marcel




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Re: [Bluez-devel] What Bluetooth CF cards do developers use?

[Kyler Laird]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 04:09:48PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:

> someone just asked me the same question. Actually I don't know what's
> the best CF card so far. The non working Socket 2.5 is very bad, but it
> is not the fault of the Bluetooth developers, because I think the
> problem is in the serial subsystem.

Has that been noted anywhere useful?

> Starting with 2.6.6-rc2 the Anycom
> CF-300 is finally supported. Actually the card works in my development
> machine.

Sounds like a winner.  I'll look for it.

> And actually I don't use any CF card for development. I do everything
> with Bluetooth development boards with USB and serial connectors.

I thought USB might be the answer so last week I bought two USB Bluetooth
adapters (Belkin and Kensington).  Only one (barely) fits in the USB slot
of my Toughbook.  The other fits enough to make contact but if I happen
to bump either one out of the socket the kernel crashes.  That's not
what I need when I'm on the road.

Thank you for the info.

--kyler



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Re: [Bluez-devel] What Bluetooth CF cards do developers use?

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Kyler,

> > someone just asked me the same question. Actually I don't know what's
> > the best CF card so far. The non working Socket 2.5 is very bad, but it
> > is not the fault of the Bluetooth developers, because I think the
> > problem is in the serial subsystem.
> 
> Has that been noted anywhere useful?

it has been raised on the serial mailing list, but the problem is that
nobody really knows where the problem is, because some cards are still
working.

> > Starting with 2.6.6-rc2 the Anycom
> > CF-300 is finally supported. Actually the card works in my development
> > machine.
> 
> Sounds like a winner.  I'll look for it.

Don't blame me if it don't works in a Zaurus ;)

> > And actually I don't use any CF card for development. I do everything
> > with Bluetooth development boards with USB and serial connectors.
> 
> I thought USB might be the answer so last week I bought two USB Bluetooth
> adapters (Belkin and Kensington).  Only one (barely) fits in the USB slot
> of my Toughbook.  The other fits enough to make contact but if I happen
> to bump either one out of the socket the kernel crashes.  That's not
> what I need when I'm on the road.

The USB related kernel oopses should all be fixed with the upcoming
2.6.6, I hope.

Regards

Marcel




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Re: [Bluez-devel] What Bluetooth CF cards do developers use?

[Kyler Laird]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 04:23:00PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:

> > > Starting with 2.6.6-rc2 the Anycom
> > > CF-300 is finally supported. Actually the card works in my development
> > > machine.
> > 
> > Sounds like a winner.  I'll look for it.
> 
> Don't blame me if it don't works in a Zaurus ;)

I'd be happy to just get it working in my Toughbook for now.  I inserted
it and got "cs: pcmcia_socket0: unable to apply power."

I'll try it in the Zaurus later.

Thanks for the recommendation.

> > I thought USB might be the answer so last week I bought two USB Bluetooth
> > adapters (Belkin and Kensington).  Only one (barely) fits in the USB slot
> > of my Toughbook.  The other fits enough to make contact but if I happen
> > to bump either one out of the socket the kernel crashes.  That's not
> > what I need when I'm on the road.
> 
> The USB related kernel oopses should all be fixed with the upcoming
> 2.6.6, I hope.

Yea!  Will a BlueZ patch be required or is it all going to be in the
kernel this time?

Thank you.

--kyler



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Re: [Bluez-devel] What Bluetooth CF cards do developers use?

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Kyler,

> I'd be happy to just get it working in my Toughbook for now.  I inserted
> it and got "cs: pcmcia_socket0: unable to apply power."

I never have seen this. You should ask the guys from the LKML.

> > The USB related kernel oopses should all be fixed with the upcoming
> > 2.6.6, I hope.
> 
> Yea!  Will a BlueZ patch be required or is it all going to be in the
> kernel this time?

Right now 2.6.5-mh3 and 2.6.6-rc2 has every needed fix in it, but new
problems are on the road and we are trying to fix them just in time.

Regards

Marcel




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Re: [Bluez-devel] What Bluetooth CF cards do developers use?

[Kyler Laird]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 09:05:20PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:

> Right now 2.6.5-mh3 and 2.6.6-rc2 has every needed fix in it,

Oh...I've been using 2.6.5-mh3.

I suppose I should provide some information?

--kyler



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