Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ users In-Reply-To: References: <1169219863.29458.10.camel@violet> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:05:46 +0100 Message-Id: <1169301946.30356.7.camel@violet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] BlueZ on other platforms Reply-To: BlueZ users List-Id: BlueZ users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users