zlib is a compression library and a prerequisite for building GLib.
Download, cross compile and install the zlib compression libraries. Configure doesn't accept the --host parameter (reports unknown option), so you need to hack the makefile.
wget http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz tar -xzf zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz cd zlib-1.2.8/ ./configure --prefix=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi
Edit the makefile and prefix the build tools with arm-linux-gnueabi-.
CC=arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc LDSHARED=arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libz.so.1,--version-script,zlib.map CPP=arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -E AR=arm-linux-gnueabi-ar RANLIB=arm-linux-gnueabi-ranlib
Make and install:
make make install
libffi is the Portable Foreign Function Interface Library and is a prerequisite for building GLib. It is an interface that allows code written in one language to call code written in another language.
Download, build and install:
wget ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-3.0.13.tar.gz tar -xzf libffi-3.0.13.tar.gz cd libffi-3.0.13/ ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabi --prefix=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi make make install
GLib is part of the GTK+ Project
GLib requires zlib, libffi and glibc >= 2.18 to successfully build. If you are building on ubuntu 14.04, the arm-linux-gnueabi should come installed with glibc 2.19 hence we don't rebuild it.
GLib requires the glib-genmarshal tool installed on your build system otherwise the following error is likey to result:
checking for glib-genmarshal... no configure: error: Could not find a glib-genmarshal in your PATH
An easy way to resolve this is to install libglib2.0-dev:
sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev
To build Glib, download, build and install:
wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.40/glib-2.40.0.tar.xz tar -xJf glib-2.40.0.tar.xz cd glib-2.40.0 ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabi --prefix=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/pkgconfig glib_cv_stack_grows=no glib_cv_uscore=yes ac_cv_func_posix_getpwuid_r=yes ac_cv_func_posix_getgrgid_r=yes make make install
Expat is an XML parser library written in C and is the only required dependency for the D-Bus daemon.
Download, build and install:
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/expat-2.1.0.tar.gz tar -xzf expat-2.1.0.tar.gz cd expat-2.1.0/ ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabi --prefix=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi make make install
D-Bus is a message bus system. It requires the expat library to successfully build otherwise the following error may result:
checking for XML_ParserCreate_MM in -lexpat... no configure: error: Explicitly requested expat but expat not found
Download, build and install:
wget http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-1.8.0.tar.gz tar -xzf dbus-1.8.0.tar.gz cd dbus-1.8.0/ ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabi --prefix=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi make make install
libical provides a library for the iCal standard. It is a prerequisite of BlueZ.
libical requires cmake and g++ cross compilers to be installed:
sudo apt-get install cmake sudo apt-get install g++-arm-linux-gnueabi
Download, build and install the library:
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freeassociation/libical-1.0.tar.gz tar -xzf libical-1.0.tar.gz cd libical-1.0/ export CC=arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc export CXX=arm-linux-gnueabi-g++ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi make make install
Readline references functions in ncurses. If ncurses is not linked, the following errors are likely to result when building BlueZ:
/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `PC' /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetflag' /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetent' /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `UP' /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tputs' /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgoto' /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetnum' /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `BC' /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetstr'
First we must build ncurses and then link it to Readline using SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses.
Download, build and install the ncurses library:
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz tar -xzf ncurses-5.9.tar.gz cd ncurses-5.9 ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabi --prefix=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi CXX="arm-linux-gnueabi-g++" make make install
Download, build and install the readline library:
wget ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/readline-6.3.tar.gz tar -xzf readline-6.3.tar.gz cd readline-6.3/ ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabi --prefix=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=yes make SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses make install
The bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=yes parameter avoids the following error when cross-compiling:
checking for wcwidth broken with unicode combining characters... configure: error: in `/.../readline-6.3': configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
BlueZ is the official Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux and include tools such as hciattach, hciconfig, hcitool and rfcomm.
BlueZ 5.18 requires GLib >= 2.28, D-Bus >= 1.6 and libudev >= 143. When these prerequisites are meet, you can download, build and install BlueZ using:
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-5.18.tar.xz tar -xJf bluez-5.18.tar.xz cd bluez-5.18 ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabi --prefix= PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/pkgconfig --disable-systemd --disable-udev --disable-cups --disable-obex make make install DESTDIR=/home/export/rootfs
The hciconfig (BlueTooth Host Controller Interface Configuration utility) will show any BlueTooth host controllers present:
# hciconfig
hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
BD Address: 00:19:0E:15:5A:EF ACL MTU: 1021:8 SCO MTU: 64:1
DOWN
RX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 events:0 errors:0
TX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 commands:0 errors:0
You can bring up the interface by issuing:
# hciconfig hci0 up
Now you can scan for BlueTooth devices:
# hcitool -i hci0 scan
Scanning ...
7C:6D:62:9A:86:9A n/a
C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 GT-P5100
B4:62:93:CF:82:F5 GT-I9300
Ping a BlueTooth Device:
# l2ping C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 Ping: C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 from 00:19:0E:15:5A:EF (data size 44) ... 44 bytes from C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 id 0 time 6.00ms 44 bytes from C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 id 1 time 5.86ms 44 bytes from C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 id 2 time 4.82ms 44 bytes from C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 id 3 time 34.82ms 44 bytes from C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 id 4 time 6.04ms 44 bytes from C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 id 5 time 7.35ms 44 bytes from C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 id 6 time 8.54ms 44 bytes from C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 id 7 time 6.06ms 44 bytes from C8:19:F7:EF:D7:03 id 8 time 23.45ms
Interrogate SDP (Service Discovery Protocol) Descriptors:
# sdptool -i hci0 browse B4:62:93:CF:82:F5
Browsing B4:62:93:CF:82:F5 ...
Service RecHandle: 0x10000
Service Class ID List:
"Generic Attribute" (0x1801)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
PSM: 31
"ATT" (0x0007)
uint16: 0x0001
uint16: 0x0005
Service RecHandle: 0x10001
Service Class ID List:
"Generic Access" (0x1800)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
PSM: 31
"ATT" (0x0007)
uint16: 0x0014
uint16: 0x001e
Service Name: Headset Gateway
Service RecHandle: 0x10002
Service Class ID List:
"Headset Audio Gateway" (0x1112)
"Generic Audio" (0x1203)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
"RFCOMM" (0x0003)
Channel: 2
Profile Descriptor List:
"Headset" (0x1108)
Version: 0x0102
Service Name: Handsfree Gateway
Service RecHandle: 0x10003
Service Class ID List:
"Handsfree Audio Gateway" (0x111f)
"Generic Audio" (0x1203)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
"RFCOMM" (0x0003)
Channel: 3
Profile Descriptor List:
"Handsfree" (0x111e)
Version: 0x0106
Service Name: Sim Access Server
Service RecHandle: 0x10004
Service Class ID List:
"SIM Access" (0x112d)
"Generic Telephony" (0x1204)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
"RFCOMM" (0x0003)
Channel: 4
Profile Descriptor List:
"SIM Access" (0x112d)
Version: 0x0102
Service Name: AV Remote Control Target
Service RecHandle: 0x10005
Service Class ID List:
"AV Remote Target" (0x110c)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
PSM: 23
"AVCTP" (0x0017)
uint16: 0x0102
Profile Descriptor List:
"AV Remote" (0x110e)
Version: 0x0103
Service Name: Advanced Audio
Service RecHandle: 0x10006
Service Class ID List:
"Audio Source" (0x110a)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
PSM: 25
"AVDTP" (0x0019)
uint16: 0x0102
Profile Descriptor List:
"Advanced Audio" (0x110d)
Version: 0x0102
Service Name: Android Network Access Point
Service Description: NAP
Service RecHandle: 0x10007
Service Class ID List:
"Network Access Point" (0x1116)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
PSM: 15
"BNEP" (0x000f)
Version: 0x0100
SEQ8: 0 6
Language Base Attr List:
code_ISO639: 0x656e
encoding: 0x6a
base_offset: 0x100
Profile Descriptor List:
"Network Access Point" (0x1116)
Version: 0x0100
Service Name: Android Network User
Service Description: PANU
Service RecHandle: 0x10008
Service Class ID List:
"PAN User" (0x1115)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
PSM: 15
"BNEP" (0x000f)
Version: 0x0100
SEQ8: 0 6
Language Base Attr List:
code_ISO639: 0x656e
encoding: 0x6a
base_offset: 0x100
Profile Descriptor List:
"PAN User" (0x1115)
Version: 0x0100
Service Name: OBEX Phonebook Access Server
Service RecHandle: 0x1000a
Service Class ID List:
"Phonebook Access - PSE" (0x112f)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
"RFCOMM" (0x0003)
Channel: 19
"OBEX" (0x0008)
Profile Descriptor List:
"Phonebook Access" (0x1130)
Version: 0x0101
Service Name: OBEX Object Push
Service RecHandle: 0x1000b
Service Class ID List:
"OBEX Object Push" (0x1105)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
"RFCOMM" (0x0003)
Channel: 12
"OBEX" (0x0008)
Profile Descriptor List:
"OBEX Object Push" (0x1105)
Version: 0x0100
Service Name: SMS
Service RecHandle: 0x1000c
Service Class ID List:
"Message Access - MAS" (0x1132)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
"RFCOMM" (0x0003)
Channel: 5
"OBEX" (0x0008)
Profile Descriptor List:
"Message Access" (0x1134)
Version: 0x0100