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ath3k

ath3k is the Linux Bluetooth driver for Atheros AR3011/AR3012 Bluetooth chipsets.

Firmware

For AR3011, you can find the “ath3k-1.fw” on the linux-firmware.git tree:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

For AR3012, you can find the “AthrBT_0x01020200.dfu” and “ramps_0x01020200_26.dfu” or “ramps_0x01020200_40.dfu” on the linux-firmware git tree:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/ar3k/

AR3011 over USB

This is supported through CONFIG_BT_ATH3K, merged upstream as of 2.6.33. If you have an older kernel you can use stable compat-wireless-2.6.33 or later tarballs.

AR3011 with SFLASH configurations

When AR3011 ships with SFLASH configurations upon device load the AR3011 will actually appear to the host system as a generic USB Bluetooth device and requires uploading of firmware onto the device to re-enumerate itself as an AR3011 device. You need to add the VID/PID of your device in both the btusb.c blacklist and the ath3k.c support list. You can refer to an example here

AR3012 over USB

This is supported through CONFIG_BT_ATH3K, merged upstream as of 3.0.9. Like AR3011 with SFLASH configuration, you need to add the VID/PID of your device in both the btusb.c blacklist and the ath3k.c support list to load AR3012 firmware. You can refer to what it's done for 0x0cf3/0x3004 one.

How to tell AR3011 and AR3012

You can use lsusb -v to check the device descriptor. If it's AR3011, the iProduct value is 0. If it's AR3012 the iProduct value is 2.

AR3001/AR3002 over UART

This is supported through CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_ATH3K, merged upstream as of 2.6.36 and BlueZ 4.77. You can find AR3001/AR3002 firmware on the linux-firmware git tree:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/ar3k/
en/users/drivers/ath3k.txt · Last modified: 2015/01/26 09:49 (external edit)