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Hi guys,
Your help with testing will be highly appreciated! The new kext IOath3kfrmwr uploads the firmware into the BT controller on HP 4530s (see the source code). Bluetooth comes alive after each boot/restart/wakeup. It can work with vanilla IOBluetoothFamily.kext from OS X 10.7.x (I tested it with 10.7.3).
If you want to try it without removing the existing BT hack (in /Extra/BT), then, after a sleep&wakeup, copy the new kext into /tmp, kext-load it and see the Bluetooth coming back alive:
sudo cp -R ./IOath3kfrmwr.kext /tmp
sudo kextload /tmp/IOath3kfrmwr.kext
For a more thorough testing, you can delete (or move to trash):
/Extra/BT
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/local.BT-uploader.plist
/System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothFamily.kext
and install the new kext and vanilla IOBluetoothFamily (e.g., extracted from the 10.7.3 update) into /S/L/E, for example by using KextBeast tool.
The new kext is involved ONLY with the uploading of the firmware into the Atheros controller. Please test how your Bluetooth works in general. On my system, BT works fine with transfers to/from another Mac, but communication with an old cellphone accelerates the appearance of the infamous "graphics glitches".
EDIT: There is an updated version of the kext on page 10 (with the linux driver's firmware)
viewtopic.php?f=259&t=53556&start=100
Download link: download/file.php?id=26413
Your help with testing will be highly appreciated! The new kext IOath3kfrmwr uploads the firmware into the BT controller on HP 4530s (see the source code). Bluetooth comes alive after each boot/restart/wakeup. It can work with vanilla IOBluetoothFamily.kext from OS X 10.7.x (I tested it with 10.7.3).
If you want to try it without removing the existing BT hack (in /Extra/BT), then, after a sleep&wakeup, copy the new kext into /tmp, kext-load it and see the Bluetooth coming back alive:
sudo cp -R ./IOath3kfrmwr.kext /tmp
sudo kextload /tmp/IOath3kfrmwr.kext
For a more thorough testing, you can delete (or move to trash):
/Extra/BT
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/local.BT-uploader.plist
/System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothFamily.kext
and install the new kext and vanilla IOBluetoothFamily (e.g., extracted from the 10.7.3 update) into /S/L/E, for example by using KextBeast tool.
The new kext is involved ONLY with the uploading of the firmware into the Atheros controller. Please test how your Bluetooth works in general. On my system, BT works fine with transfers to/from another Mac, but communication with an old cellphone accelerates the appearance of the infamous "graphics glitches".
EDIT: There is an updated version of the kext on page 10 (with the linux driver's firmware)
viewtopic.php?f=259&t=53556&start=100
Download link: download/file.php?id=26413