From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761849AbZEHWZ1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 18:25:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752136AbZEHWZT (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 18:25:19 -0400 Received: from senator.holtmann.net ([87.106.208.187]:56973 "EHLO mail.holtmann.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751171AbZEHWZS (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 18:25:18 -0400 Subject: Re: Regression: Problem in using USB Bluetooth Dongle (Worked fine in 2.6.24.x) From: Marcel Holtmann To: Brian Marete Cc: LKML In-Reply-To: <6dd519ae0905080528j79640bb0l8fe475b2f09e6bc4@mail.gmail.com> References: <6dd519ae0905080528j79640bb0l8fe475b2f09e6bc4@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 15:24:58 -0700 Message-Id: <1241821498.4903.69.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.5 (2.24.5-1.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Brian, > At least until kernel version 2.6.24, I was able to use my USB > bluetooth dongle to download contacts from my phone. I made a jump > from 2.6.24 to 2.6.27, so I am not sure exactly which kernel version > starts the problem, but all kernels from the latter (2.6.27) now do > not work. The latest kernel I have tested is 2.6.29.2. can you test 2.6.30-rc4 or bluetooth-testing.git. I am pretty sure that whatever broke in 2.6.27 has been fixed by now. Some cheapo USB dongles behaved wrongly and it was a long time not clear what caused it. Regards Marcel