Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 01:07:46 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: "Maksim Yevmenkin" <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com>, bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fun with Logitech bluetooth keyboard (diNovo Edge)... Message-ID: <20080508010746.0388b146@deskjail> In-Reply-To: <bb4a86c70805071305l7d34a988t989cfae3ed4c8d46@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080507192434.32afce8b@deskjail> <bb4a86c70805071305l7d34a988t989cfae3ed4c8d46@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting "Maksim Yevmenkin" <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> (Wed, 7 May 2008 13:05:02 -0700): > On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Alexander Leidinger > <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I bought a keyboard with an integrated touchpad from logitech. Just > > plugging in the BT-dongle gives an usb hub with ums and ukbd. > > Unfortunately the ums doesn't work for me yet (problem in a separate > > mail to usb@). > > > > I googled a litte bit around and found a posting here > > (http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-bluetooth/2006-December/000824.html) > > which contains a program which puts the device into hci mode (by > > accessing /dev/uhidX), so that I can use the HID devices with the > > FreeBSD bluetooth stack directly. I haven't tried this yet (I would > > have to remove ukbd and ums from the kernel...). > > > > Is there the possibility to get this hid2hci feature in our userland > > (or into the kernel controllable via a sysctl)? I would would be good > > to have this functionality at boot (in the kernel it would would allow > > to have ukbd available while still being able to put the device into > > hci mode). > > well, someone already ported hid2hci. > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bluetooth/2007-July/000989.html > > is a good starting point. i do not think that using sysctl is good It doesn't make sense to have something like this in the base system? > solution for this. last time i looked this stuff was implemented on > csr chips using so-called "boot mode" feature. basically, the device > has a split personality - in one mode it pretends to be an usb hub > with keyboard and mouse attached (hid) to it and in another - > bluetooth dongle (hci). to switch between the modes one must set a > so-called ps key and perform warm reset. > > the problems are > > 1) this is highly device specific > > 2) there is no good way to know if device can be switched between hid > and hci. it is basically left to user to know that. There's no way to know this based upon some vendor/product IDs? > 3) usually hid mode is made default, so device has to be switched into > hci mode every time it is attached. > > the hid mode is really for user's advantage. its makes it possible to > use wireless keyboards in bios screens etc. os does not need to know Yes, I understand that, the problem is: the ums part does not work for me (8-current from March). > anything about bluetooth. all that is required from the os is usb > support. while i do not object to hid2hci utility, personally, i would > get a separate bluetooth dongle for another $20 or less. I have a separate dongle, but having a second one (the logitech one) would not be bad. We just need a way to say "I want this to be a hci device when I plug it in automatically". Bye, Alexander. -- Fry: I'm not a robot like you. I don't like having disks crammed into me... unless they're Oreos, and then only in the mouth. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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