Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:52:11 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG, maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com Subject: Re: [RFC] firmware downloader for atheros ar3011 based usb bluetooth ?devices Message-ID: <201011101552.oAAFqBem055491@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikaG1Erp5h8iV0JANpJWd2fsTckENoBrD6b%2BH_X@mail.gmail.com>
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Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> wrote: > i'd like to request feedback/comments/etc. on a firmware downloader > for atheros ar3011 based usb bluetooth devices. > > there are actually a couple of versions available: > > (1) kernel-based version. [...] > (2) userspace-based version. [...] > > both seems to work for me. but, i'm leaning towards userspace option Me too. I think if something can be done in userland, then it should be done that way, be it just for the reason that a bug will likely result in a coredump instead of a panic. ;-) > i also would like to thank Rusty Nejdl for donating hardware (ASUS > USB-BT211 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320057 > dongle). this dongle has an awesome form factor :) its pretty darn > small :) My older (non-atheros) dongle has about the same size. It disappears almost completely in the USB slot; I have to use my fingernails to get it out. It looks similar to this one: http://www.pollin.de/shop/suchergebnis.html?S_TEXT=721457 Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Being really good at C++ is like being really good at using rocks to sharpen sticks." -- Thant Tessman
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