Bluetooth support on Linux

Bluetooth support on Linux

[Galappatti, Kishantha]

Is there a project to support Bluetooth in the kernel?  If so, can someone
give me pointers to it. If not, any plans to? I know about the Axis and
bluez projects. 

regds,

--kish


Kishantha Galappatti
Senior Technology Analyst
IMD Infrastructure
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
32 Old Slip, 9th Flr
New York, NY 10005

Re: Bluetooth support on Linux

[Herman Oosthuysen]

We are developing Linux based, Bluetooth access points (Engineering models
are available) and can soon supply mass produced USB dongles (factory is
building them now), but a generic Bluetooth driver isn't something that can
easily be included in the Kernel itself, since the modules are still
evolving too rapidly.  In a couple years it would probably be a different
matter when the module market has stabilized a bit.
--
Herman Oosthuysen
Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com
Suite 300, #3016, 5th Ave NE,
Calgary, Alberta, T2A 6K4, Canada
Phone: (403) 569-5688, Fax: (403) 235-3965
----- Original Message -----
From: Galappatti, Kishantha <Kishantha.Galappatti@gs.com>
To: 'lkml' <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 2:43 PM
Subject: Bluetooth support on Linux


> Is there a project to support Bluetooth in the kernel?  If so, can someone
> give me pointers to it. If not, any plans to? I know about the Axis and
> bluez projects.
>
> regds,
>
> --kish
>
>
> Kishantha Galappatti
> Senior Technology Analyst
> IMD Infrastructure
> Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
> 32 Old Slip, 9th Flr
> New York, NY 10005
>
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Re: Bluetooth support on Linux

[Jordan Crouse]

ut a generic Bluetooth driver isn't something that can
> easily be included in the Kernel itself, since the modules are still
> evolving too rapidly.  

I disagree.  Between the Bluez and Affix projects, it is just as easy to 
write a new bluetooth driver as it is to write an new ethernet or sound 
driver.   I worked on a Bluetooth project recently (using the Bluez stack), 
and everything was very easy and it worked flawlessly (thanks to Maksim 
Krasnyanskiy and his team).
  
What's missing right now are the user land applications to make the bluetooth 
more useful.  The Windows world is replete with cute little programs that 
make sonar noises while they discover, and provide simple user interfaces for 
printing and whatever little else the Windows box allows.  While our 
functionality is all there, we have no auto discovery, and no easy way for 
users to get discovered and connected.

With a little effort in the user's direction, bluetooth could be a very 
useful thing.  And since Microsoft has chosen not to provide a bluetooth 
stack of their own (at least not in XP), Linux has the potential to be *the* 
OS when it comes to Bluetooth.  

Jordan

RE: Bluetooth support on Linux

[berthiaume_wayne]

	It is supported in Red Hat 7.2 release. I don't recall if it was in
their 7.1 release.
Wayne
EMC Corp
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-----Original Message-----
From: Galappatti, Kishantha [mailto:Kishantha.Galappatti@gs.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 4:44 PM
To: 'lkml'
Subject: Bluetooth support on Linux


Is there a project to support Bluetooth in the kernel?  If so, can someone
give me pointers to it. If not, any plans to? I know about the Axis and
bluez projects. 

regds,

--kish


Kishantha Galappatti
Senior Technology Analyst
IMD Infrastructure
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
32 Old Slip, 9th Flr
New York, NY 10005

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RE: Bluetooth support on Linux

[Dmitri.Kassatkine]

Hello,

The Affix - Bluetooth Protocol Stack.
http://affix.sourceforge.net

It has all necessary profiles.

br, 
Dmitri Kassatkine
Affix Team Leader


-----Original Message-----
From: ext linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
[mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 11:44 PM
To: 'lkml'
Subject: Bluetooth support on Linux


Is there a project to support Bluetooth in the kernel?  If so, can someone
give me pointers to it. If not, any plans to? I know about the Axis and
bluez projects. 

regds,

--kish


Kishantha Galappatti
Senior Technology Analyst
IMD Infrastructure
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
32 Old Slip, 9th Flr
New York, NY 10005

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RE: Bluetooth support on Linux

[Peter Kjellerstedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jordan Crouse [mailto:jordanc@censoft.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 23:29
> To: Herman Oosthuysen; Galappatti, Kishantha; 'lkml'
> Subject: Re: Bluetooth support on Linux

[snip]

> With a little effort in the user's direction, bluetooth could 
> be a very useful thing.  And since Microsoft has chosen not to
> provide a bluetooth stack of their own (at least not in XP),
> Linux has the potential to be *the* OS when it comes to Bluetooth.  

FYI, Microsoft has said that Bluetooth support will be included
in Windows XP SP1 (supposedly to be released early next year).

> Jordan

//Peter

RE: Bluetooth support on Linux

[Peter Kjellerstedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Galappatti, Kishantha [mailto:Kishantha.Galappatti@gs.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 22:44
> To: 'lkml'
> Subject: Bluetooth support on Linux
> 
> Is there a project to support Bluetooth in the kernel?  If 
> so, can someone give me pointers to it. If not, any plans to?
> I know about the Axis and bluez projects. 
> 
> regds,
> 
> --kish

As Bluez is part of the kernel, I'd say there is...

//Peter