billionton adapter support?

[Maksim Yevmenkin]

Michael W. Oliver wrote:
> On 2004-12-10T12:27:05-0800, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> 
>> Michael,
>> 
>> 
>>> Hey guys, I am on the verge of picking up a Sager 4750-V laptop,
>>> and the reseller is telling me that it comes with a 'billionton'
>>> bluetooth adapter.  Any chance that this is supported?  Links to
>>> list(s) of supported devices are welcome.
>> 
>> unfortunately, there is no way of telling if its supported or not.
>> it all depends what kind of adapter it is. if it looks like a usb
>> dognle to the system then there is a very good chance it will work.
>> if it looks like as standard serial port then it will work, but not
>> very well (sio(4) interrupt latency problem).
> 
> 
> OK, I found a link from Max pointing to:
> 
> http://www.holtmann.org/linux/bluetooth/devices.html
> 
> and there is indeed a Billionton USB dongle listed out there with a
> CSR chip, and hci_usb driver.  Maybe my luck is changing for the
> better!
> 
> I will post a full doc on this machine to Lukas Ertl's FreeBSD laptop
>  page ( http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ ).
> 
> Thanks again Max!

sure thing. let me know if you have any problems. one thing - some 
laptops with built-in bluetooth do not have a physical button that will 
turn it on/off (for example sony, toshiba). in this case you might need 
an extra piece of software that will do it for you.

thanks,
max

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