The complicated part of this is obtaining the firmware from a Windows(tm) driver package and converting it, you will first need a driver package for your card from your computer or hardware manufacturer which will likely come in the form of a windows executable file. You will need this filename such as brcm/BCM20702A1-0a5c-21e6.hcd. You can typically find the name of the missing firmware file by reading the kernel error message with one of the following commands: pkexec dmesg | grep -i bluetoothĪnd you will see an error message with the filename, for example: bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load brcm/BCM20702A1-0a5c-21e6.hcd (-2)īluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM20702A1-0a5c-21e6.hcd failed with error -2īluetooth: hci0: BCM: Patch brcm/BCM20702A1-0a5c-21e6.hcd not found You will need this identifier such as 0a5c:21e6, shown above. See this wiki entry for more information on identifying USB devices. Or Bus 004 Device 006: ID 0a5c:21e3 Broadcom Corp. Your Bluetooth card will likely be on the USB bus, for example: Bus 003 Device 016: ID 0a5c:21e6 Broadcom Corp. Your bluetooth adapter, while on the same card as your wifi will have a seperate hardware ID. You will need to identify both your Hardware ID and the name of the missing Firmware file.
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