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["Nick B." <nickbryda@xxxxxx>]

The btusb driver is built into the kernel. There is no separate package.

On Nov 19, 2015, groby <1065400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Bluetooth seems to work now on my computer. I made a mistake by
>installing btusb. I got the driver from a dropbox-folder somewhere in
>the internet, and additionally I had to install a dkms-package. It's a
>little bit strange for me that I coudn't find the btusb-driver linked
>on any Ubuntu-Distribution Site or in the Softwarecentre. You find only
>some different dkms-packeges, which I tried beforer, to get bluetooth
>working (without any result of course!). 
>I think it would be helpful, to upload the btusb-driver on the
>http://packages.ubuntu.com/ Site! 
>If it's already on it, please send me a link.
>
>Thanks!

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Title:
  Support for loading Broadcom bluetooth firmware

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Raring:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Saucy:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Broadcom bluetooth chips require a tool called patchram uploader [1]
  to load firmware. This applies to at least BCM20702 and BCM43142.
  Although some of the devices have an OTPROM that contains required
  firmware, but it is found that these devices would not have HFP/HSP
  support unless a upgraded firmware is loaded via patchram uploader.

  This tool requires hci device to do the firmware loading, but this may
  cause some race condition between patchram tool and bluetoothd or
  something that also works on hci interface.

  Also it needs some hooks to make firmware loads after bootup, s3,  s4,
  rfkill, and device hotplug events. Implement this loader in kernel
  module would make things more easier.

  [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-bluetooth&m=132039175324993&w=2

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