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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:32:17 -0500
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To: ALeine <aleine@austrosearch.net>
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Subject: Re: Sigmatel USB IrDA dongle
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In the last episode (Sep 30), ALeine said:
> I'd like to use the SigmaTel USB IrDA dongle to connect my computer
> (FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE) and my mobile phone (Samsung X600). According
> to my log, the dongle is recognized:
> 
> /kernel: ugen0: Sigmatel Inc IrDA/USB Bridge, rev 1.10/0.08, addr 2
> 
> So what do I do now? I've searched everywhere and there seems to be
> no software I can use with the dongle (birda, lirc, gnokii all
> support only serial IrDA dongles at best). Is anyone working on
> something to make use of USB IrDA dongles on FreeBSD?

You may have to wait for someone to port the irframe and ustir devices
from NetBSD:

http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ustir
http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?irframe

> Any info will be greatly appreciated, I'm interested in making
> this work even if I have to spend a few months coding everything
> myself.

If you're a programmer, you might want to see if porting them yourself
is an option.  I think a lot of our USB support comes from NetBSD
already.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com