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Boombeng
Nov 15 2008, 10:41 AM
Hello,

I know bluetooth is not a priority, but i'd like to use mine on OSX so...

If you have time and knowledges which can help me thanks in advance... smile.gif

For the moment i just want to answer a simple question :

Is it possible to make this card working with simple edit/hexediting apple bluetooth kexts ?


Here are the status :

It is a 2.1 EDR Bluetooth module
Card seeems to be based on a broadcom 2046 chip its ID is :

413C 8156 (REV 10) USB\VID_413C&PID_8156&REV_0172

It is no recognised in OSX, neither with LSPI tool but in USB devices from system information we can see this :
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&id=38144

I also noticed that when i lookfor new bluetooth devices with my bluetooth phone, i can see the dell 370 but i can not connect


The things which make me think there is hope are :

> other onboard dell bluetooth cards like the 350 or 355, both based on BCM2045 chip, work out of the box (413c 8103 broadcom for exemple)

> BCM2046 chips 2.1EDR bluetooth are used by real mac (macbook air)


But, when i have a look in IOBluetoothfamily kext it looks complicated, there are different other kexts, i can not recognise the different ID from other cards working out of the box in info plist, but we can see a few ID from BCM2046 familly like ours in Info Plist like this one :

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[/b]
            
                         </dict>
                         <key>idProduct</key>
                         <integer>33293</integer>
                         <key>idVendor</key>
                         <integer>1452</integer>
                     </dict>
                     <key>Broadcom2046FamilyUSBBluetoothHCIController</key>
            
             [b]

So What do you think, is it a lost cause ? Is it possible and how can i inject 370 dell card ID in kext to make it work ?

Thanks in advance for any advices and reply smile.gif

[Edit]
Can someone using a real mac with integrated BCM2046 chip can give me his complete card ID please (look in system information/bluetooth

[Edit]
About the ID in Kexts : It seems we have to make the difference between Profile compatibility devices ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_profile ) and onboard hardware's ID itself , I think (?)

[Edit]
Well, may be the solution is to write a kext which enables the inbuilt bluetooth module like has done Hatsmasher :
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=309454



Thanks



Technical informations about BCM2046 chips :

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Boombeng
Nov 17 2008, 06:05 AM
Well, I did find the real ID in my IOREG, and it seems closer to the Info Plist one :


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| | | |
| | | +-o BCM2046B1@1a100000
| | | | | {
| | | | | "PortNum" = 1
| | | | | "Bus Power Available" = 250
| | | | | "bNumConfigurations" = 1
| | | | | "Device Speed" = 1
| | | | | "sessionID" = 1207068959
| | | | | "AAPL,current-in-sleep" = 1500
| | | | | "USB Product Name" = "BCM2046B1"
| | | | | "bcdDevice" = 256
| | | | | "locationID" = 437256192
| | | | | "USB Vendor Name" = "Broadcom"
| | | | | "USB Address" = 2
| | | | | "idProduct" = 17664
| | | | | "iProduct" = 2
| | | | | "bDeviceProtocol" = 0
| | | | | "iManufacturer" = 1
| | | | | "IOCFPlugInTypes" = {"9dc7b780-9ec0-11d4-a54f-000a27052861"="IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUS$
| | | | | "bDeviceClass" = 9
| | | | | "iSerialNumber" = 0
| | | | | "bMaxPacketSize0" = 8
| | | | | "Need contiguous memory for isoch" = Yes
| | | | | "bDeviceSubClass" = 0
| | | | | "IOUserClientClass" = "IOUSBDeviceUserClientV2"
| | | | | "idVendor" = 2652
| | | | | }
| | | | |
| | | | +-o AppleUSBHub
| | | | | {
| | | | | "IOProviderClass" = "IOUSBDevice"
| | | | | "IOProbeScore" = 50000
| | | | | "CFBundleIdentifier" = "com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub"
| | | | | "bDeviceClass" = 9
| | | | | "IOMatchCategory" = "IODefaultMatchCategory"
| | | | | "IOUserClientClass" = "AppleUSBHSHubUserClient"
| | | | | "bDeviceSubClass" = 0
| | | | | "IOClass" = "AppleUSBHub"
| | | | | "IOPowerManagement" = {"ChildrenPowerState"=4,"CurrentPowerState"=4,"DeviceChangePowerState"=4,"D$
| | | | | }
| | | | |
| | | | +-o IOUSBInterface@0
| | | | {
| | | | "iInterface" = 0
| | | | "idProduct" = 17664
| | | | "bConfigurationValue" = 1
| | | | "locationID" = 437256192
| | | | "bInterfaceSubClass" = 0
| | | | "bInterfaceProtocol" = 0
| | | | "bAlternateSetting" = 0
| | | | "bInterfaceClass" = 9
| | | | "bInterfaceNumber" = 0
| | | | "bNumEndpoints" = 1
| | | | "idVendor" = 2652
| | | | "bcdDevice" = 256
| | | | }



And in BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIControlers.kext's info Plist (Extensions/Iobluetoothfamily.kext/Contents/plugins/BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController.kext/contents) here is the closer value i can find :


CODE

Broadcom2046FamilyUSBBluetoothHCIController_Dongle

CFBundleIdentifier
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController
IOClass
Broadcom2045FamilyUSBBluetoothHCIController
IOProviderClass
IOUSBDevice
IOProviderMergeProperties

ClassicMustNotSeize


idProduct
8262
idVendor
2652




I tried to replace 8262 by 17664 in this file (info plist) and it doesn't work, so i tried to find this Hex values but i can not managed
Which Hex value do i have to find to replace 8262 by 17665 in the driver ?

Thanks in advance
CompCrasher86
Nov 22 2008, 04:54 PM
8262 in hexadecimal reads 2046 and the hexadecimal of 17664 is 4500. I am working on finding the locations of these nubers now
Mark Rose
Dec 15 2008, 03:05 PM
I have a Dell D620 (Kalyway 10.5.5 / Nvidia / Dell Wireless and Bluetooth (350)). For the most part it is working well, but I can not get the Bluetooth module to be recognized. I installed chunnan PCMCIA kext and I get the following message during boot: "BTCoexistence feature not supported!"

If anyone has seen this and has a fix, please let me know. I have a few other issues as well (sleep and poweroff after shutdown), but will deal with them later. Any and all help will be appreciated. Thanks!

Mark
Boombeng
Dec 15 2008, 03:50 PM
Hi, thx for the info

Someone reported in another thread dell 370 bluetooth card (in a dell studio laptop) is working well with a dell Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, so there is a hope!

Mark, you should read this thread, there is way to run your dell 350 :

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...ost&p=99351

I also have BTcoexistence not supported with -v mode boot.

Did you try to use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse ? Are you able to transfer data from a phone with your BT card ?
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