From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 17 18:57:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED0EB16A4CE for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:57:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailgate1b.savvis.net (mailgate1b.savvis.net [216.91.182.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8143D43D55 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:57:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Maksim.Yevmenkin@savvis.net) Received: from out001.email.savvis.net (out001.apptix.savvis.net [216.91.32.44])iAHIvFJn029100; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:57:15 -0600 Received: from s228130hz1ew17.apptix-01.savvis.net ([10.146.4.29]) by out001.email.savvis.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:57:09 -0600 Received: from [10.254.186.111] ([66.35.239.94]) by s228130hz1ew17.apptix-01.savvis.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:56:47 -0600 Message-ID: <419B9EF8.2090401@savvis.net> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:56:56 -0800 From: Maksim Yevmenkin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040822 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: miketmp@xs4all.nl References: <1100552998.1098.5.camel@localhost> <419B8353.7040908@savvis.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Nov 2004 18:56:47.0768 (UTC) FILETIME=[308B3180:01C4CCD7] X-ECS-MailScanner: No virus is found cc: bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bluetooth mouse X-BeenThere: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Using Bluetooth in FreeBSD environments List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:57:20 -0000 Mike Crosland wrote: > My current setup allows me to use my Logitech di Novo keyboard/mouse on > my dual-boot machine. FreeBSD just sees it as being a usb hub. However > I did have to do some patching and a kernel rebuild to do it. Also > FreeBSD doesn't recognise the bt hub, which means if you want to link > to other bt devices you need to have a seperate dongle. this is so called 'bluetooth hid proxy' feature of CSR BlueCore chipset. basically when you activate 'hid proxy' bluetooth dongle start acting as usb hub and pretends that is has usb keyboard and mouse plugged in. this is just a compatibility hack, so one can use bluetooth keyboard/mouse on a systems that do not support bluetooth. note that os must have support for usb. > What would be decidedly cool was if the usb bt chip AND extra > dongle(s) ie multiple devices could be recognised, in much the same way > that the system can handle several network cards. it is possible to turn 'hid proxy' feature off. in this case you have regular bluetooth dongle. if os supports bluetooth hid then use can use then same dongle to talk to your keyboard, mount, cell phone etc. there is only one limitation you can have up to 8 active bluetooth connection s at a time. keyboard and mouse will use one each, so you still can have up to 6 other bluetooth devices. > PS Max - congratulations to your enlarging user base - er I mean family > :) thanks! max