From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] BlueZ on embedded systems? From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1106180089.8190.142.camel@pegasus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Reply-To: bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: BlueZ development List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:14:49 +0100 Hi Michal, > Apologies if this email is a duplicate, but the previous attempt didn't seem to show up in the archive; so I'm not sure if it arrived sussessfully. > > I would like to know how easy it would be to port the bluez stack to run self-contained (ie. without an OS) on an embedded ARM7 platform (Atmel AT91M40400)? > > There would be a simple (non-preemptive) scheduler running, but other OS services required by bluez would have to be written. A quick look at the source suggests to me a heavy dependency on kernel sockets. Could this dependency be simplified (ie. replaced with a simple mechanism?). > > There would also be basic dynamic memory support via malloc() and free(), but that's about it. BlueZ is designed to be the Linux Bluetooth stack and to offer the best interfaces for applications. You can use it for embedded devices, but then you should also use Linux as OS there. From my point I think that porting to make it running directly on the ARM chip is more effort than writing a Bluetooth stack from scratch. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel