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Date:      Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:05:59 +0100
From:      Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch>
To:        Vince Hoffman <vince.hoffman@uk.circle.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Infrared support
Message-ID:  <20031028110559.GA13563@lara.unibe.ch>
In-Reply-To: <015701c39d3b$27775870$650e10ac@uk.circle.com>
References:  <013d01c39a35$a1cc2280$e7b356d5@uk.circle.com> <3F9C769C.1000801@cs.unisa.edu.au> <015701c39d3b$27775870$650e10ac@uk.circle.com>

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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 10:06:22AM -0000, Vince Hoffman wrote:
> If I correctly understand my (second and closer) reading of the pkg-desc,
> birda only works on serial port dongles ?
> "A set of utilities to communicate with IrDA devices over an IrDA port
> on a serial line."
> 
> So my built in infrared port wont work. (toshiba type-0.) Is this correct ?
> (guess i buy a dongle if so.)

most (all?) built-in irda ports are serial devices. i was able to get the
built-in infrared port on my T30 working. or at least birda showed some
reaction when i pointed the tv remote towards the ir receiver and zapped.
then i got bluetooth working and never used the irda port again :-)

cheers, t.



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