Bluetooth doesn't pick up devices

[renselu]

http://uploading.com/files/m33ddffa/AtherosBt.rar/

Please let us know if it worked

[erandom]

http://uploading.com/files/m33ddffa/AtherosBt.rar/

Please let us know if it worked

Unfortunately, it didn't. I get the same error (Bluetooth: Error in firmware loading err = -110,len = 0,size = 4096) that I'm getting with any other firmware.
Perhaps a different approach is needed for this module.

[erandom]

I'd like to test the hypothesis that this is, indeed, a firmware-related problem.
When Bluetooth is enabled on Windows and you boot into Linux, does Bluetooth work then?

[erandom]

To follow up, I've been able to get Bluetooth working.
The key piece of information is that the Bluetooth module is using the Atheros AR3012.

Currently there is one other device, documented in the kernel, that does this - usb id 0cf3:3004.

To get bluetooth working on the UX31, you have to get the bluetooth modules (ath3k, btusb) to treat it the same as the one mentioned above. This is done by editing btusb.c and ath3k.c and duplicating the lines related to mentioned device. The ath3k module is only needed to load the firmware - so the firmware files should exist under /lib/firmware/ar3k.

To get it working, apply the attached patches to ath3k.c, btusb.c under <kernel_source>/drivers/bluetooth, recompile and install the new modules (patches are against 3.1.1).

[RR123RR]

To follow up, I've been able to get Bluetooth working.
The key piece of information is that the Bluetooth module is using the Atheros AR3012.

Currently there is one other device, documented in the kernel, that does this - usb id 0cf3:3004.

To get bluetooth working on the UX31, you have to get the bluetooth modules (ath3k, btusb) to treat it the same as the one mentioned above. This is done by editing btusb.c and ath3k.c and duplicating the lines related to mentioned device. The ath3k module is only needed to load the firmware - so the firmware files should exist under /lib/firmware/ar3k.

To get it working, apply the attached patches to ath3k.c, btusb.c under <kernel_source>/drivers/bluetooth, recompile and install the new modules (patches are against 3.1.1).

Has this been submitted to the upstream kernel developper responsible for that driver?
So we could hope to get this in the next release...

[nomego]

Great work!

Actually, I think fastest/best would probably be to send it to the LKML.

Just create a combined or two separate patches with diff -up, attach to a mail to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org containing a subject that starts with [PATCH].

I submitted a patch like this in 2009 and it got picked up by the tree maintainer immediately: https://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/23/189

[erandom]

I've submitted a patch upstream, you can track progress here:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.kernel/18801

[Oblong_Cheese]

Hey guys,

Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome work on this.

[Oblong_Cheese]

To follow up, I've been able to get Bluetooth working.
The key piece of information is that the Bluetooth module is using the Atheros AR3012.

Currently there is one other device, documented in the kernel, that does this - usb id 0cf3:3004.

To get bluetooth working on the UX31, you have to get the bluetooth modules (ath3k, btusb) to treat it the same as the one mentioned above. This is done by editing btusb.c and ath3k.c and duplicating the lines related to mentioned device. The ath3k module is only needed to load the firmware - so the firmware files should exist under /lib/firmware/ar3k.

To get it working, apply the attached patches to ath3k.c, btusb.c under <kernel_source>/drivers/bluetooth, recompile and install the new modules (patches are against 3.1.1).

This might be a dumb question, but I do not have the files you mention under /drivers/bluetooth - how do I get them?

I have been Googling for 30 minutes.

[wim.glenn]

Hi there, I'd love to get Bluetooth working properly on my zenbook UX31E , but patching the kernel and stuff sounds like something I could screw up majorly - I've only been using linux for <1 year. Could someone post a bit more idiot-proof instructions on how to do it pretty please?

p.s., my kernel version seems to be 3.0.0 , does that mean I can't use this fix (because patches are against 3.1.1)?

wim@wim-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ uname -a
Linux wim-ubuntu 3.0.0-14-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 21 20:28:43 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux