XO bluetooth support

[Paul Fox]

kevin wrote:
 > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>wrote:
 > 
 > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Paul Fox <pgf at laptop.org> wrote:
 > > > it seems that there's more interest in bluetooth support on the XO
 > > > laptops than there has been in the past -- unsurprising, i guess,
 > > > given the number of bt devices now available.
 > > >
 > > > i don't know how quickly we can get the support into an OLPC release, but
 > > > regardless, i'd like to solicit input on what support, exactly, we
 > > > should provide in the kernel.  i know that i, personally, don't know
 > > > the linux bluetooth stack well enough to know what kernel modules are
 > > > required.
 > > >
 > > > userspace support is a different, somewhat less pressing issue, since
 > > > yum update works for many (but not all, i realize) of our users.
 > > >
 > > > please update http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/11285 with specific
 > > > suggestions or requirements.  if someone would like to open an
 > > > equivalent ticket for userspace package requirements, that would be
 > > > dandy as well.
 > >
 > > Might be worth replicating the options that Fedora uses to ensure we
 > > have a reproducible and stable as environment as upstream has to
 > > ensure we have the least issues.
 > >
 > > Peter
 > >
 > I have a few various manufacturers'  USB Bluetooth adapters.  Want me to
 > plug them in and see what dmesg spits out?  Or, were you thinking of going
 > built-in?

no, this isn't about hardware changes -- we're not planning any bluetooth
hardware.

i suspect peter is right, that we should simply include the
fedora options, unless someone knowledgeable can say "so-and-so
module is only there to support archaic devices that haven't been
in use for many years".

again, please update the trac ticket with any pertinent info.

paul

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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org