Re: [iPAQ] bluetooth/pcmcia status?

Bluez CVS worked great for me on 2.4.7. The trick is to not use the kernel
modules for any reason, because they are most often foobared. Use everything
out of Bluez CVS, and you should be golden.

There were (as recently as November), some issues with the Brainboxes and
high speeds (ie, 480600), but I think that has been resolved.

Good luck!
Jordan

On Thursday 03 January 2002 10:59, Alex C. Snoeren mentioned:
> I have seen them NOT work. Working with the Brainboxes PCMCIA cards, I
> am able to get the cards recognized, and L2CAP seems to work OK
> (inquiry, l2ping, etc.), but RFCOMM is a no-go. It works with a pair of
> laptops, so I believe it is an endian issue with the BlueZ stack
> somewhere, but am still in the middle of debugging it. (I'm using 2.4.16
> with BlueZ out of the CVS repo).
>
> I would be happy to be proven wrong on this, though!
>
> - Alex
>
> "Christian, Andrew" wrote:
> > 1. We haven't tried the Bluetooth/CF sleeve under Linux. Stay tuned.
> > I'd like to get it working soon, but we need parts.
> >
> > 2. There are ipkgs for Bluetooth for the iPAQ in the usual places ---
> > look for "bluetooth-modules-2.4.16-rmk1" and the like. These are the
> > standard Linux kernel Bluetooth modules. I have not seen them actually
> > work.
> >
> > - Andrew
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nick holmes [mailto:nick.holmes@dial.pipex.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:50 AM
> > > To: ipaq@handhelds.org
> > > Subject: [iPAQ] bluetooth/pcmcia status?
> > >
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > just upgraded to the 0.5 version,thinking I would give it a go, (3630)
> >
> > and
> >
> > > put the unit onto the network... unfortunately I don't have access to
> >
> > the
> >
> > > wireless lan that I was using previously, and intended to use a wired
> >
> > 3com
> >
> > > megahertz card out of a laptop. unfortunately the ipaq doesn't detect
> >
> > the
> >
> > > card insertion... I can't see the card using cardctl either. I have
> >
> > also
> >
> > > tried 0.5.1, with the same results. ... the megahertz card runs on my
> > > laptop (2.4.14) as a 3c59x. [jacket p/n is 173396-001 - ie the
> >
> > ?original
> >
> > > pcmcia one]
> > >
> > > am I correct in thinking that since the cardctl is (apparently) unable
> >
> > to
> >
> > > query the card, the configuration & driver selection will also be
> >
> > invalid?
> >
> > > is this likely to be something that can be forced using memory
> >
> > addresses
> >
> > > and a generic driver?
> > >
> > > the bootup loading of the jacket renders:
> > > h3600-sleeve init_module successful init major= 0 irq=48
> > > h3600_generic_sleeve Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
> > > options: [pm]
> > > h3600_sleeve_insert: vendorid=0x0 devid=0x0
> > >
> > > ... and the cardmanager seems reasonably happy with it....
> > > cardmgr[77]: starting, version is 3.1.22
> > > cardmgr[77]: watching 2 sockets
> > >
> > > On a separate topic, I am looking at the new bluetooth/compactflash
> > > "Bluetooth Jacket with CF Slot ...
> > > Part Number 232568-021" as a more "appartment & mobile stuff" friendly
> > > connectivity option - what is the status of support for a) this
> >
> > jacket,
> >
> > > and
> > > b) bluetooth in general (I know that bluetooth is in the kernel CVS,
> >
> > but I
> >
> > > don't know if it is yet in the familiar distro.)
> > >
> > > any help with either of the above would be most useful
> > >
> > > tia
> > >
> > > nick
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Received on Thu Jan 3 10:37:06 2002