Hi, On Tuesday 17 of March 2015 09:42:44 Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi Sagar, > > >>>>> 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 ? > > https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/ > > >> 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. > > It is still running the same Linux kernel. That is why I said, you might be > able to adapt that to your needs. Just an note that recent backports dropped support for kernels older than 3.0. So some older release might be needed for 2.6.37. -- BR Szymon Janc -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
