2007-01-19 13:17:20

by Mikael Lindqvist

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Subject: [Bluez-users] BlueZ on other platforms

Hello,

Is it possible to get bluez to work on other platforms than Linux? I'm
asking because it's a real good bluetooth stack and that's a rare
thing... So technically it's not bluez, but bluez-libs. So what about

Bluez on Mac?
Bluez on Windows?
Bluez on Cygwin on Windows?

-- Mikael

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2007-01-20 14:05:46

by Marcel Holtmann

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Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] BlueZ on other platforms

Hi Mikel,

> > > Is it possible to get bluez to work on other platforms than Linux? I'm
> > > asking because it's a real good bluetooth stack and that's a rare
> > > thing... So technically it's not bluez, but bluez-libs. So what about
> > >
> > > Bluez on Mac?
> > > Bluez on Windows?
> > > Bluez on Cygwin on Windows?
> >
> > non of that will work. The Bluetooth library depends on kernel
> > structures and one of the big advantages of BlueZ is the native
> > integration with the socket API.
>
> So not even for Cygwin? How difficult would this be to add? I.e. how
> big parts of bluez would have to be rewritten and how much could be
> reused to make it work on cygwin (I suppose this would be layered on
> top of the Microsoft bluetooth stack)?

this all depends on what's your goal and how your applications look
like. The best emulation would be of course our D-Bus based API, but
even that is a lot of work. A native emulation of BlueZ is not realistic
from my point of view. Feel free to prove me wrong.

Regards

Marcel



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2007-01-20 10:59:02

by Mikael Lindqvist

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Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] BlueZ on other platforms

On 1/19/07, Marcel Holtmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Mikael,
>
> > Is it possible to get bluez to work on other platforms than Linux? I'm
> > asking because it's a real good bluetooth stack and that's a rare
> > thing... So technically it's not bluez, but bluez-libs. So what about
> >
> > Bluez on Mac?
> > Bluez on Windows?
> > Bluez on Cygwin on Windows?
>
> non of that will work. The Bluetooth library depends on kernel
> structures and one of the big advantages of BlueZ is the native
> integration with the socket API.
>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
>

Ok,

So not even for Cygwin? How difficult would this be to add? I.e. how
big parts of bluez would have to be rewritten and how much could be
reused to make it work on cygwin (I suppose this would be layered on
top of the Microsoft bluetooth stack)?

-- Mikael

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2007-01-19 15:17:43

by Marcel Holtmann

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Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] BlueZ on other platforms

Hi Mikael,

> Is it possible to get bluez to work on other platforms than Linux? I'm
> asking because it's a real good bluetooth stack and that's a rare
> thing... So technically it's not bluez, but bluez-libs. So what about
>
> Bluez on Mac?
> Bluez on Windows?
> Bluez on Cygwin on Windows?

non of that will work. The Bluetooth library depends on kernel
structures and one of the big advantages of BlueZ is the native
integration with the socket API.

Regards

Marcel



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2007-02-13 09:35:34

by Marcel Holtmann

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Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] BlueZ on other platforms

Hi Siddhant,

>
> i would like to port bluez on windows .... Marcel can you guide me
> how to do that or at least outline the steps and give threads abt how
> to proceed.

actually no. I mentioned before that it is unrealistic and I am not
wasting any of my time thinking about it.

Regards

Marcel



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2007-02-13 06:57:04

by siddhant tewari

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Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] BlueZ on other platforms

Hi Marcel,
i would like to port bluez on windows .... Marcel can you guide me how
to do that or at least outline the steps and give threads abt how to
proceed.

regards
siddhant

On 1/20/07, Marcel Holtmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Mikel,
>
> > > > Is it possible to get bluez to work on other platforms than Linux?
> I'm
> > > > asking because it's a real good bluetooth stack and that's a rare
> > > > thing... So technically it's not bluez, but bluez-libs. So what
> about
> > > >
> > > > Bluez on Mac?
> > > > Bluez on Windows?
> > > > Bluez on Cygwin on Windows?
> > >
> > > non of that will work. The Bluetooth library depends on kernel
> > > structures and one of the big advantages of BlueZ is the native
> > > integration with the socket API.
> >
> > So not even for Cygwin? How difficult would this be to add? I.e. how
> > big parts of bluez would have to be rewritten and how much could be
> > reused to make it work on cygwin (I suppose this would be layered on
> > top of the Microsoft bluetooth stack)?
>
> this all depends on what's your goal and how your applications look
> like. The best emulation would be of course our D-Bus based API, but
> even that is a lot of work. A native emulation of BlueZ is not realistic
> from my point of view. Feel free to prove me wrong.
>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
>
>
>
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