2.6.38 kernel breaks userspace bluetooth management tools

2.6.38 kernel breaks userspace bluetooth management tools

[İsmail Dönmez]

Hi;

According to http://www.bluez.org/the-management-interface/ bluetooth
management interface has changed in the 2.6.38 kernel and this ends up
breaking bluetooth management tools (the ones that get your bluetooth
mouse working) in both KDE & Gnome ( see
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680170 ).

Now I remember there was rule like never ever break userspace tools
unless there is a good reason, right?

FWIW I got bluez 4.89 installed.

Regards,
ismail

Re: 2.6.38 kernel breaks userspace bluetooth management tools

[Mikko Vinni]

İsmail Dönmez <ismail <at> namtrac.org> writes:
> According to http://www.bluez.org/the-management-interface/ bluetooth
> management interface has changed in the 2.6.38 kernel and this ends up
> breaking bluetooth management tools (the ones that get your bluetooth
> mouse working) in both KDE & Gnome ( see
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680170 ).

This sounds like http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg10695.html

The fix is on its way. Nothing is deliberately broken.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-next-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=b99faf1b798d6d0e33526fd2cef55a405c08ff09;hp=58b6e124aac64bebb2e9e1a136cbd21a5ab0485a


Cheers

Mikko

Re: 2.6.38 kernel breaks userspace bluetooth management tools

[İsmail Dönmez]

Hi;

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Mikko Vinni <mmvinni@yahoo.com> wrote:
> İsmail Dönmez <ismail <at> namtrac.org> writes:
>> According to http://www.bluez.org/the-management-interface/ bluetooth
>> management interface has changed in the 2.6.38 kernel and this ends up
>> breaking bluetooth management tools (the ones that get your bluetooth
>> mouse working) in both KDE & Gnome ( see
>> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680170 ).
>
> This sounds like http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg10695.html
>
> The fix is on its way. Nothing is deliberately broken.
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-next-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=b99faf1b798d6d0e33526fd2cef55a405c08ff09;hp=58b6e124aac64bebb2e9e1a136cbd21a5ab0485a


Great to hear that, thanks!

ismail

Re: 2.6.38 kernel breaks userspace bluetooth management tools

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 09:46:03PM +0000, Mikko Vinni wrote:
> İsmail Dönmez <ismail <at> namtrac.org> writes:
> > According to http://www.bluez.org/the-management-interface/ bluetooth
> > management interface has changed in the 2.6.38 kernel and this ends up
> > breaking bluetooth management tools (the ones that get your bluetooth
> > mouse working) in both KDE & Gnome ( see
> > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680170 ).
> 
> This sounds like http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg10695.html
> 
> The fix is on its way. Nothing is deliberately broken.
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-next-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=b99faf1b798d6d0e33526fd2cef55a405c08ff09;hp=58b6e124aac64bebb2e9e1a136cbd21a5ab0485a

That fix isn't in the -stable tree, and doesn't apply cleanly to the
.38-stable tree.

Can someone provide a backport to stable@kernel.org?

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: 2.6.38 kernel breaks userspace bluetooth management tools

[Justin P. Mattock]

On 04/11/2011 02:44 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 09:46:03PM +0000, Mikko Vinni wrote:
>> İsmail Dönmez<ismail<at>  namtrac.org>  writes:
>>> According to http://www.bluez.org/the-management-interface/ bluetooth
>>> management interface has changed in the 2.6.38 kernel and this ends up
>>> breaking bluetooth management tools (the ones that get your bluetooth
>>> mouse working) in both KDE&  Gnome ( see
>>> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680170 ).
>>
>> This sounds like http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg10695.html
>>
>> The fix is on its way. Nothing is deliberately broken.
>>
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-next-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=b99faf1b798d6d0e33526fd2cef55a405c08ff09;hp=58b6e124aac64bebb2e9e1a136cbd21a5ab0485a
>
> That fix isn't in the -stable tree, and doesn't apply cleanly to the
> .38-stable tree.
>
> Can someone provide a backport to stable@kernel.org?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>


o.k my diff skills sucks, but(hopefully) backported correctly, sent out 
to stable@kernel.org..

let me know if you get this or not(seems gmail is not showing my sent 
mail)..

Justin P. Mattock

Re: 2.6.38 kernel breaks userspace bluetooth management tools

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 08:47:10AM -0700, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
> On 04/11/2011 02:44 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 09:46:03PM +0000, Mikko Vinni wrote:
> >>İsmail Dönmez<ismail<at>  namtrac.org>  writes:
> >>>According to http://www.bluez.org/the-management-interface/ bluetooth
> >>>management interface has changed in the 2.6.38 kernel and this ends up
> >>>breaking bluetooth management tools (the ones that get your bluetooth
> >>>mouse working) in both KDE&  Gnome ( see
> >>>https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680170 ).
> >>
> >>This sounds like http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg10695.html
> >>
> >>The fix is on its way. Nothing is deliberately broken.
> >>
> >>http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-next-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=b99faf1b798d6d0e33526fd2cef55a405c08ff09;hp=58b6e124aac64bebb2e9e1a136cbd21a5ab0485a
> >
> >That fix isn't in the -stable tree, and doesn't apply cleanly to the
> >.38-stable tree.
> >
> >Can someone provide a backport to stable@kernel.org?
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >greg k-h
> >
> 
> 
> o.k my diff skills sucks, but(hopefully) backported correctly, sent
> out to stable@kernel.org..
> 
> let me know if you get this or not(seems gmail is not showing my
> sent mail)..

I got it, and the backported patch, thanks.  I'll queue it up in the
next round of stable patches.

greg k-h

Re: 2.6.38 kernel breaks userspace bluetooth management tools

[Justin P. Mattock]

On 04/12/2011 08:58 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 08:47:10AM -0700, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>> On 04/11/2011 02:44 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 09:46:03PM +0000, Mikko Vinni wrote:
>>>> İsmail Dönmez<ismail<at>   namtrac.org>   writes:
>>>>> According to http://www.bluez.org/the-management-interface/ bluetooth
>>>>> management interface has changed in the 2.6.38 kernel and this ends up
>>>>> breaking bluetooth management tools (the ones that get your bluetooth
>>>>> mouse working) in both KDE&   Gnome ( see
>>>>> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680170 ).
>>>>
>>>> This sounds like http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg10695.html
>>>>
>>>> The fix is on its way. Nothing is deliberately broken.
>>>>
>>>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-next-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=b99faf1b798d6d0e33526fd2cef55a405c08ff09;hp=58b6e124aac64bebb2e9e1a136cbd21a5ab0485a
>>>
>>> That fix isn't in the -stable tree, and doesn't apply cleanly to the
>>> .38-stable tree.
>>>
>>> Can someone provide a backport to stable@kernel.org?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> greg k-h
>>>
>>
>>
>> o.k my diff skills sucks, but(hopefully) backported correctly, sent
>> out to stable@kernel.org..
>>
>> let me know if you get this or not(seems gmail is not showing my
>> sent mail)..
>
> I got it, and the backported patch, thanks.  I'll queue it up in the
> next round of stable patches.
>
> greg k-h
>


cool... strange how I was not seeing this in gmail(oh-well)..

cheers,

Justin P. Mattock