From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 20:49:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CAFF16A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 20:49:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mxfep01.bredband.com (mxfep01.bredband.com [195.54.107.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B64EE43D31 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 20:49:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: from thunderbolt.scode.org ([213.113.222.138] [213.113.222.138]) by mxfep01.bredband.com with ESMTP <20040306044943.FNSV3601.mxfep01.bredband.com@thunderbolt.scode.org>; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 05:49:43 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thunderbolt.scode.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id: 49:46 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Schuller To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 05:49:45 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <20040305033339.GA31830@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <20040305033339.GA31830@alzatex.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403060549.46220.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> cc: "Loren M. Lang" Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 and Bluetooth X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 04:49:50 -0000 > We will shortly be starting some development with bluetooth and I'm > looking to setting up a workstation dedicated for that. This > workstation will also be used for palm os development since that is part of > the same project so the workstation needs to be somewhat stable for > that. Is the bluetooth support in FreeBSD 5.x well developed? The main > protocols we need are RFCOMM and HID support. I've heard some problems > with FreeBSD 5.2 as far as stability, but are they mostly fixed in > FreeBSD 5.2.1 or should I just go with Debian Linux for all of this. FWIW I have successfully connected to the internet via GPRS over bluetooth with a Nokia 7650 and the built-in USB adapter in the IBM T40p. It seems to run stable (well except for the buggy-in-general phone). Dunno about HID though. -- / Peter Schuller, InfiDyne Technologies HB PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller ' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org