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Date:      Fri, 08 Apr 2005 22:46:44 +0200
From:      Eric Masson <e-masson@kisoft-services.com>
To:        Martin Roos <kulminaator@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: irda devices support
Message-ID:  <86k6ndq9mz.fsf@srvbsdnanssv.interne.kisoft-services.com>
In-Reply-To: <aade15980504081257559f8aff@mail.gmail.com> (Martin Roos's message of "Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:57:30 %2B0200")
References:  <aade159805040804367015d794@mail.gmail.com> <4256B6DD.1070800@nurfuerspam.de> <aade15980504081257559f8aff@mail.gmail.com>

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Martin Roos <kulminaator@gmail.com> writes:

> imho freebsd's kernel couldn't possible really recognize any usb irda
> dongle because it really wouldn't have any idea what to 'do' with the
> device without an implementation of irda stack.

What makes you think that the irda protocol stack should be implemented
in kernel ?

Birda is a userland irda stack that uses a serial device as transport
media.

Éric Masson

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