Asus bluetooth device - 0x1712

[Da Rock]

On 06/12/11 17:30, Iain Hibbert wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jun 2011, Da Rock wrote:
>
>    
>> Trying to get this device to work on my laptop (after some time of neglect -
>> I've had no use or time to look into it as yet), but none of the drivers seem
>> to be working. I've even tried the atheros driver by Rusty which doesn't
>> appear to be the same device anyway.
>>
>> Under usbconfig I get:
>> <vendor 0x0b05 product 0x1712, class 224/1, rev 2.00/19.15, addr 2>  on usbus5
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>      
> class 224/1 is wireless/rf, is there a way to check the device protocol?
> it should be 1 (bluetooth) for the ubt driver to match..
>    
How do I find that out? Isn't it the rev number there? Or do I need to 
run a command to find that out? I can't physically look at the device as 
its built into the laptop board.
>    
>> Also, what is the state of bluetooth 2.x? Everything I've read has only
>> mentioned 1.1.
>>      
> 4.0, 3.0&  2.x spec are all mostly backwards compatible (there are very
> few deprecations) and the FreeBSD stack should continue to work on all
> modern devices, albeit without advanced features..
>    
Ok, I get that people are busy working on other (possibly) more 
important things, but what is required to get the advanced features 
working? Where can I find out the current status of these projects and 
how to help?

I'm currently learning about this technology (I know, late bloomer and 
all... :) ) and its various features- which are why I'm looking 
carefully at it now for my current needs. Unfortunately its the advanced 
features which I really need :( So if I can help advance things I will.

Cheers