From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752253AbZEINgj (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 May 2009 09:36:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751144AbZEINga (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 May 2009 09:36:30 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f176.google.com ([209.85.219.176]:41716 "EHLO mail-ew0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750868AbZEINg3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 May 2009 09:36:29 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=J3WGe00hgnz/i7XE2QdJ2n2q9yYLWAn97A3RecUp6o9boIrojOdWDuc6O18OSo7Hzv cJEUqW6ERnO0pszTC42cKv+6WrscZC1qFurQ4Xc2eOW+m/tb6dEBfM6K8hWqLHUDqszV 0SiR8MpQK2CrQyX90mMiA6hSn5trp711n3lhU= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1241821498.4903.69.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <6dd519ae0905080528j79640bb0l8fe475b2f09e6bc4@mail.gmail.com> <1241821498.4903.69.camel@localhost.localdomain> Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 16:36:29 +0300 Message-ID: <6dd519ae0905090636n753e3d74re5ddee51b2511a96@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Regression: Problem in using USB Bluetooth Dongle (Worked fine in 2.6.24.x) From: Brian Marete To: Marcel Holtmann , LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Marcel. I will try and report on the results. Thank you. And it is, indeed, a really cheap dongle. $7 IIRC :-) On 5/9/09, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > 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 > > > -- B. Gitonga Marete Tel: +254-722-151-590