Compile BlueZ for iOS7?

Question

I am currently trying to create a PAN on a jailbroken iOS device (iPad, in this case). On my Raspberry Pi I can achieve this using the bluez bluetooth stack and the pan daemon that comes with it. I thought if it could be possible to port bluez to the iOS device, unfortunately I don't really know enough about compiling - besides compiling stuff using a makefile I didn't do much in that regard.

I was able to get a gcc compiler onto the iPad using BigBoss's "installsdk3", but if I try to run configure on bluez it gives me Compiler cannot create executables.

Does anybody know if this is possible, how or can give me directions how this could be achieved? I know that xcode on the mac comes with a c++ compiler for iOS, but I couldn't really find out how to get the makefile to make use of it.

Answer 1

Bluez is specifically a Linux bluetooth stack. OS X and iOS are based on BSD which though similar to Linux is not the same. I very much doubt you can run bluez on iOS.

Instead look into Apple's own bluetooth stack. https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/NetworkingInternetWeb/Conceptual/CoreBluetooth_concepts/AboutCoreBluetooth/Introduction.html

Answer 2

BlueZ is the user mode part of the Bluetooth stack. It depends on a kernel mode component, which exists in the Linux kernel but not BSD (as mentioned in other answers, what Mac OS is based on). Hence BlueZ cannot work with a Mac OS kernel.

AFAIK, there is no way to run Mac OS with a Linux kernel.