Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Curt wrote: > On 2020-01-08, Dan Ritter wrote: > >> > >> I consider natively to denote a device (in this case) that works without > >> the requirement of any software emulation to lead it to believe it is > >> functioning on a OS different from the host OS. > > > > That's a pretty odd interpreta

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-08 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-08, Dan Ritter wrote: >> >> I consider natively to denote a device (in this case) that works without >> the requirement of any software emulation to lead it to believe it is >> functioning on a OS different from the host OS. > > That's a pretty odd interpretation: very few physical dev

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Curt wrote: > On 2020-01-06, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > I think of "natively" as meaning "supported in the standard > > kernel". Some devices will still require a firmware blob, and > > of those, some will require an unfree firmware blob. > > I consider natively to denote a device (in this case)

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-08 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-06, Dan Ritter wrote: > > I think of "natively" as meaning "supported in the standard > kernel". Some devices will still require a firmware blob, and > of those, some will require an unfree firmware blob. I consider natively to denote a device (in this case) that works without the req

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-07 Thread Bob McGowan
On 1/7/20 1:19 PM, deloptes wrote: Bob McGowan wrote: It looks like the majority of the pure Bluetooth devices are only 4.0. There is one combination WIFI/Bluetooth I saw that is 5.0. The version here does not mean anything relevant to the support by the OS. BT4.0 in terms of hardware is comp

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-07 Thread deloptes
Bob McGowan wrote: > It looks like the majority of the pure Bluetooth devices are only 4.0. > There is one combination WIFI/Bluetooth I saw that is 5.0. The version here does not mean anything relevant to the support by the OS. BT4.0 in terms of hardware is compatible with bluez5 in terms of soft

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-07 Thread Bob McGowan
On 1/5/20 3:24 AM, deloptes wrote: André Rodier wrote: Hello, I am looking for a USB / Bluetooth 5 adapter, natively compatible with Debian. Thanks, André most of them are I use ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) Double check if adapter (newer once) are

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-06 Thread Dan Ritter
Curt wrote: > On 2020-01-05, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > > > Most bluetooth adapters work when adding nonfree blobs to the mix. > > > > Not to belabor a trivial point, but I wondered whether "natively" (about > whose definition I didn't really reflect when first reading the OP) is > actually

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-05 Thread deloptes
André Rodier wrote: > For a while, I thought your instructions would work, but no: > > -- > root@lovelace:~# hciconfig > hci1:   Type: Primary  Bus: USB > BD Address: 00:1A:7D:DA:71:11  ACL MTU: 679:9  SCO MTU: 48:16 > DOWN > RX

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-05 Thread deloptes
André Rodier wrote: > Thanks for your answer. I have this one, but I could not manage to have > it working. The usual hciconfig command fails, with an error message > "not supported". The interface is marked as down. > > The device appears on Windows, but neither works. > > I don't mind (too muc

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting André Rodier (2020-01-05 13:38:03) > On Sun, 2020-01-05 at 12:24 +0100, deloptes wrote: > > André Rodier wrote: > > > I am looking for a USB / Bluetooth 5 adapter, natively compatible > > > with Debian. > > most of them are > > > > I use ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetoot

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-05 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-05, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Most bluetooth adapters work when adding nonfree blobs to the mix. > Not to belabor a trivial point, but I wondered whether "natively" (about whose definition I didn't really reflect when first reading the OP) is actually synonymous with free as opposed

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting deloptes (2020-01-05 12:24:55) > André Rodier wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am looking for a USB / Bluetooth 5 adapter, natively compatible with > > Debian. > > > > Thanks, > > André > > most of them are > > I use ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) >

Re: Any Bluetooth 5 adapter Debian compatible

2020-01-05 Thread deloptes
André Rodier wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for a USB / Bluetooth 5 adapter, natively compatible with > Debian. > > Thanks, > André most of them are I use ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) Double check if adapter (newer once) are LE - there were issues wi