This is what Marcel said about it http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg62584.html It does appear that that device had the Rev=00.01 as does this one https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=201646 in post 19
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1542743 Title: Bluetooth: Patch file not found ar3k/AthrBT_0x00000200.dfu Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Since some Versions of Linux Kernel and Ubuntu Releases this problem exists. I am now running ubuntu 16.04 prerelease and still have the same problem. Bluetooth does not work with the atheros device on msi gt 72 2qd notebook. dmesg | grep Bluetooth: [ 2.655360] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.21 [ 2.655373] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 2.655377] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 2.655379] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 2.655385] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [ 6.612790] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 6.612794] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [ 6.612798] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized [ 9.016880] Bluetooth: Patch file not found ar3k/AthrBT_0x00000200.dfu [ 9.016882] Bluetooth: Loading patch file failed hwinfo | grep Bluetooth: <6>[ 6.612790] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 <6>[ 6.612794] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast <6>[ 6.612798] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized <3>[ 9.016880] Bluetooth: Patch file not found ar3k/AthrBT_0x00000200.dfu <3>[ 9.016882] Bluetooth: Loading patch file failed 60: USB 00.0: 11500 Bluetooth Device Model: "Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0" Device: usb 0x3004 "AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: bluez 5.36-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Feb 7 00:38:04 2016 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-24 (105 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) InterestingModules: bnep btusb bluetooth MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GT72 2QD ProcEnviron: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-2-generic root=UUID=f7880b23-39b5-423a-bdbf-62b111783450 ro quiet splash SourcePackage: bluez UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-02-02 (4 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/19/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: E1781IMS.10I dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-1781 dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: REV:0.C dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrE1781IMS.10I:bd12/19/2014:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnGT722QD:pvrREV0.C:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnMS-1781:rvrREV0.C:cvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: GT72 2QD dmi.product.version: REV:0.C dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. hciconfig: rfkill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1542743/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp