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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: alscheinine@tuffmail.us
Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: installation instructions
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:13:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1216296798.22564.14.camel@violet.holtmann.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <487CEEFE.5000502@tuffmail.us>

Hi Alan,

> For bluez-libs-3.36 the package-specific installation
> instructions are in README (the INSTALL file has only
> generic instructions).  In the README file it is writtern
> 
> In order to compile Bluetooth libraries you need following software packages:
>          - Linux Bluetooth protocol stack (BlueZ)
>          - GCC compiler
> 
> But what do you mean by "Linux Bluetooth protocol stack (BlueZ)"?
> Usually such a message describes the _prerequisites_, not the package
> in which the file is found!!!  Does the phrase mean that the
> kernel drivers must be available?

it means the the Bluetooth protocol stack in the kernel is needed.

Regards

Marcel



      reply	other threads:[~2008-07-17 12:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-15 18:39 installation instructions Alan Louis Scheinine
2008-07-17 12:13 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]

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