Toshiba bluetooth (patch request)

mdk · 2006-10-14 20:27:28

Problem:
In certain toshiba laptops (Portege series, and possibly others) the bluetooth antenna (on/off) is controlled by software (there is no hw-switch). Unfortunately, it's turned off by default. It's a shame, since the toshiba bluetooth device (a standard usb dongle it seems) works 100% fine with linux drivers/kernel.

Solution:
There is a patch against toshiba_acpi module in the kernel (http://www.cwrose.de/toshiba/s5200.html#bluetooth) that adds a device node /proc/acpi/toshiba/bluetooth that can be used to activate the antenna. It can be done manually (echoing into the node) or by some toshiba helper software (ie. fnfx keys - http://fnfx.sourceforge.net/)

Would it be possible to add this patch to the arch kernel?

Snowman · 2006-10-14 20:32:09

Submit a bug report.

mdk · 2006-10-17 21:58:56

Added, FS#5608.

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#1 2006-10-14 20:27:28

Toshiba bluetooth (patch request)

#2 2006-10-14 20:32:09

Re: Toshiba bluetooth (patch request)

#3 2006-10-17 21:58:56

Re: Toshiba bluetooth (patch request)

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