Porting to other platforms
Porting OWFS
| Feature | Linux | Embedded linux | FreeBSD | MacOSX | Window |
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| Tested versions |
Kernel 2.24+ Suse, Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware Kernel 2.6+ |
uClibc: Coldfire, OpenWRT, Unslung | Yes |
Yes |
Yes WinXP |
| FTP (owftpd) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Web (owhttpd) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Server (owserver) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FUSE Filesystem (owfs) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Shell (owshell) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | Perl, Python, PHP, TCL | Yes | Unknown | unknown | No |
| Serial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Network | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| I2C | Yes | unknown | unknown | No | No |
| W1 (kernel module) | 2.6.29+ | 2.6.29+ | No | No | No |
| Multithreading | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bonjour | Yes | unknown | unknown | unknown | Yes |
Can OWFS run on ?
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Linux
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Linux distributions
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Reported success with SUSE, Fedora, Debian, Gentoo, Slackware,...
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Needs standard autoconf/automake/libtools packages
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Needs libusb and development package (header files)
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Needs FUSE (module, library, header file)
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Needs gcc for building.
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To use binaries, only fuse, libusb needed.
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Embedded
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Built with uClibc in general
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strip for smaller size
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recently ported to OpenWRT, uNSLUng
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Kernel version
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Modern FUSE needs 2.4.21
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FreeBSD
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Works as of OWFS 2.4p6
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Includes owhttpd, owfs, owserver, owshell, ...
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Required libusb workarounds by Robert Nilsson. Accepted into the libusb source.
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uses the FUSE port
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Mac OSX
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Support for owhttpd, owserver, owftpd, owshell
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FUSE hasn't been ported to Max OSX
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Other BSD
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Unknown
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Other Unix
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Possibly Solaris
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Windows
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Compiles under Cygwin.
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Support for POSIX threads, serial access, USB
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FUSE not supported, but minifilters might be used for similar function.
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