BlueZ investigation

Bluez-devel Frederic Danis 3 participants 3 messages Apr 14, 2005 Bluetooth drivers

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Frederic Danis

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2005-04-14 15:49 UTC #0 lore raw

Hi,

In our move to Linux, we are investigating different Bluetooth stacks (proprietary or free).
About BlueZ, I am asked about interoperability issues: do you know if there are companies attending the unplugged fests to test their BlueZ-based products? Do you have info about commercial devices interoperating with BlueZ? Please, send me any comments that can help me to decide my managment.

Thanks!

Fred

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Marcel Holtmann

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2005-04-14 16:22 UTC #1 lore raw

Hi Fred,

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In our move to Linux, we are investigating different Bluetooth stacks (proprietary or free).
About BlueZ, I am asked about interoperability issues: do you know if there are companies attending the unplugged fests to test their BlueZ-based products? Do you have info about commercial devices interoperating with BlueZ?
Please, send me any comments that can help me to decide my managment.

I can't answer your question about the UnPlugFest tests, because I think it is in direct violation of its NDA. However with WideRay and TomTom you got two companies that successfully used BlueZ in their products and both products are qualified. I also think that Motorola is using BlueZ in their Bluetooth enabled Linux phone, but since I haven't got a demo unit, I can't tell you for sure.

Since Monday BlueZ itself is qualified and if you wanna test against BlueZ at the UPF-21 in Singapore, I think we can arrange something, because I will be there at the security table.

Talking about interoperability is always a little bit complex. However I think that BlueZ has the best interoperability with different commercial products. We dealt with so many wrong implementation in the past and in most cases BlueZ works fine. Be more specific about your concerns or with your questions.

Regards

Marcel

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Charles Bueche

2005-04-14 20:20 UTC #2 lore raw

In reply to Frederic Danis

Hi Fred,

you would be wise to use bluez for at least the following 2 reasons :

- it's delivered with the stock kernel, so you won't depend on a vendor for updates
- my T5 crashes too often while I do Bluetooth operations. Don't know what you have been used until now in PalmOs, but Bluez is magnitudes better in stability.

my 2ct worth.
Charles

Quoted 10 lines · Frederic Danis

Hi,
In our move to Linux, we are investigating different Bluetooth stacks (proprietary or free).
About BlueZ, I am asked about interoperability issues: do you know if there are companies attending the unplugged fests to test their BlueZ-based products? Do you have info about commercial devices interoperating with BlueZ?
Please, send me any comments that can help me to decide my managment.

Quoted 3 lines

Thanks!
Fred