Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 and Bluetooth

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To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 05:49:45 +0100

> We will shortly be starting some development with bluetooth and I'm
> looking to setting up a workstation dedicated for that. This
> workstation will also be used for palm os development since that is part of
> the same project so the workstation needs to be somewhat stable for
> that. Is the bluetooth support in FreeBSD 5.x well developed? The main
> protocols we need are RFCOMM and HID support. I've heard some problems
> with FreeBSD 5.2 as far as stability, but are they mostly fixed in
> FreeBSD 5.2.1 or should I just go with Debian Linux for all of this.

FWIW I have successfully connected to the internet via GPRS over bluetooth
with a Nokia 7650 and the built-in USB adapter in the IBM T40p. It seems to
run stable (well except for the buggy-in-general phone). Dunno about HID
though.

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