Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ users In-Reply-To: <200705100719.36399.akohlsmith-bluez@benshaw.com> References: <4641DA61.8040709@tao-group.com> <1178780976.25565.6.camel@aeonflux.holtmann.net> <1178784111.10803.27.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200705100719.36399.akohlsmith-bluez@benshaw.com> Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:57:57 +0200 Message-Id: <1178801877.25565.114.camel@aeonflux.holtmann.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] API documentation? 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 Andrew, > > all. Most probably, the footprint is too large for memory-restricted > > systems. Because of that and the fact there are very few (if any) > > projects for embedded systems that use d-bus it's hardly worth the > > effort to port it. Bluez has worked quite well for embedded systems with > > older versions, but since it ignores the demands of embedded systems > > it's probably better to use a different bluetooth stack. > > This would be my response as well. Marcel has purposely made it difficult to > locate older versions of BlueZ in the (IMO) misguided attempt to force > everyone to test and use the new stuff. I can see WHY he's chosen to use > d-bus, but yes; it's seems to be unsuitable for light embedded systems and > you're probably better off with another stack. There aren't many uses for a > message bus in small embedded systems. D-Bus is the solution for a generic IPC between applications or daemons and the size of the system doesn't matter. I never said that D-Bus is perfect, but it is time that all the embedded people that complain about D-Bus actually start fixing it. Believe it or not, D-Bus is the way to go for shrinking the memory footprint in your embedded systems, because all applications will use the same IPC. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users