linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.24] bcm203x bluetooth dongle does not work

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:17:11 +0100
From:	Florian Lohoff <flo@...822.org>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.24] bcm203x bluetooth dongle does not work


Hi,

On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 06:33:52PM +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> we moved away from using a timer and using a workqueue now. It wrote the
> patch to use a workqueue and tested that it works. Starting with 2.6.19
> we the usage of a workqueue is default. Can you verify that non of the
> kernels 2.6.19-2.6.23 are working. We might have missed a change inside
> the USB subsystem within the 2.6.24 timeframe.

I went through the kernels i still have on this box (FSC LifeBook E8110) 
and here are the results. Except the debian 2.6.18-5-686 no newer kernel 
works. The onboard bluetooth works like a charm always whereas the
bcm203x simply does not reconnect after loading firmware from 2.6.19 on.

	2.6.18-5-686 (debian)	works
	2.6.19			breaks
	2.6.21-rc5		breaks
	2.6.22-rc5		breaks
	2.6.22-2-686 (debian)	breaks
	2.6.23-1-686 (debian)	breaks
	2.6.24			breaks

It basically looks always like this:

	<insert>
		usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
		usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
		Bluetooth: Broadcom Blutonium firmware driver ver 1.1
		usbcore: registered new interface driver bcm203x
	<wait for 30 seconds - then pull>
		bcm203x_complete: URB failed with status -84
		usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2

Flo
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Florian Lohoff                  flo@...822.org             +49-171-2280134
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