Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:14:53 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> To: Martin Roos <kulminaator@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: irda devices support Message-ID: <200504081514.j38FErCf023009@fire.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: Message from Martin Roos <kulminaator@gmail.com> <aade1598050408070436f5ab52@mail.gmail.com>
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Martin Roos wrote: > well i have a usb-irda bridge dongle here, which has drivers under > linux and windows and even in netbsd, but not in freebsd (how could it > have drivers on freebsd if the irda support is absent ? ) > > anyway, gnokii doesn't a thing about usb, so it can't help me out. Shame, cos I have a new smaller Sony with (I think, serial & usb cables) I wanted to move over to smaller sony & use USB too. All I know is: I have used infra red between FreeBSD & my Nokia. It sometimes will & sometimes won't work, serial usually does work though not always: fail to init. lock up. (& it's not dirt, & its not device, might be hardware design, power levels, frequency drift, or sowtware version related, or serial protocol state table programming error. I have 2 Nokia 6110 phones to try & I think have used 2 different laptops, & my brother under Win 95 also had same problems sometimes with one of those 6110's on on infra red) I believe there's more than one form of infra red, but don't know which BSD supports, others here doubtless could give a more authoratative answer. > ps. what does your gnokii config look like ? It seems the stuff I used got removed when I went back to cable, but as I recall it was no more complex than port = /dev/cuaaWhateverNumber connection = infrared & perhaps I only ran it on FreeBSD-4, not 5, 'cos I remember before, my /dev/gnokii sym link disappearing on 5 (cos /dev is now dynamic), havent had time to get back to it. http://berklix.com/~jhs/dots/.gnokiirc > referring to gnokii's own location i can hardly believe that the irda > connection works under freebsd (perhaps in serial AT mode in some > wierd ways?) Dont know. I have controlled Nokia 6110 from FreeBSD infra red though. (4 series certainly, maybe 5 too) - Julian Stacey Net & Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Mail in Ascii (Html=Spam). Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz.
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