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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:03:41 +1100
From:      Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>, Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IrDA progress [ was Re: Nokia 9110i ....]
Message-ID:  <20001211100341.B89737@rafe.jeamland.net>
In-Reply-To: <200012102219.PAA30948@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 03:19:41PM -0700
References:  <20001210154113.A27625@peorth.iteration.net> <200012091236.NAA00625@lucifer.krush.net> <20001210121440.A26512@peorth.iteration.net> <20001210211551.E486@bsdi.com> <20001210154113.A27625@peorth.iteration.net> <200012102219.PAA30948@harmony.village.org>

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[Sorry for sending this to you twice, Warner.]

On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 03:19:41PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <20001210154113.A27625@peorth.iteration.net> "Michael C . Wu" writes:
> : sio1 into Netgraph nodes for IrCOMM, IrTTY, IrLAN, Ir*.
> : (most IrDA controllers lie to the system as a serial controller
> : if there is no real irda driver, and they emit Ir just fine.
> : Try pointing your cellphone/PDA at your laptop's Ir port, and cat /dev/cuaa1)
> 
> Most older IR ports that support IrDA's SIR protocol do this.  The
> ones that support FIR generally need their own driver.  At least this
> is true with all the datasheets I've seen for the MIPS based PDAs.
> I'm told that laptops are similar.  My libretto could talk via serial
> port to another libretto w/o any problems, but I've been unable to
> recreate the feet with my new Vaio.

The NatSemi chip in question pretends to be a 16550 when you first start it
up.  It does however have the capacity to do MIR and FIR (including framing)
if you flip it into the right mode.  This requires a specialised driver
though.

I don't know of much out there using MIR or FIR in the PDA/phone world though.

-- 
Benno Rice
benno@FreeBSD.org


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