RE: bluez5 pairing devices

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Hi Marcel,

Thanks for the response.

>>>> I am very new to bluetooth, so sorry for a novice query.
>>>>
>>>> 1: I am using 2.6.37 Linux kernel, can bluez5 stack be used on this or should I use bluez4 ?
>>>> 2: With bluez5 I am able to scan devices and also see the device on other device but I am not able to pair them
>>>> Is there some sort of deamon required to pair them ?
>>>
>>> BlueZ 5 requires a Bluetooth subsystem with management API support. So at least kernel 3.4 or you have to use Linux backports to at least bring the Bluetooth subsystem to your 2.6.37 kernel. And I have heard of success from people doing that, but I have not personally done that.
>>>
>> Probably that would take me more time in back porting. In case of 2.6.37 what version of bluez4 would be best ?
>
> the Linux backports project does that automatically. Give it a try. You are not the person with this problem, but it is not something were BlueZ upstream will be of much assistance.
>
Any quick pointers on doing this ?

> I think that our android/README has even some instructions on how to get that started for an Android build. You might be able to adapt that quickly.
>
I am more interested in Linux.

Regards,
Sagar
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