Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:47:13 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Using IrDA "dongles" with FreeBSD 4-stable? Message-ID: <20030707154713.7f19593e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Hello, I have this IrDA "dongle" (it connects via usb) from KC Technology, Inc. It is called KC-180, and would be perfect for giving an old Toshiba laptop (which will be running FreeBSD 4.8-stable) an IrDA port. (BTW, Linux seems to have support for this, but I could not find any more information about the workings of this dongle.) My idea is to use the birda port to "talk" through this dongle to a mobile phone. However, when I connect the dongle to a machine running 4.8-stable, here is what the log says: "Jun 26 23:41:58 machine /kernel: ugen0: KC Technology, Inc. KC-180 USB IrDA Device, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2" If I want birda to talk to it, doesn't it have to act as a serial port? Or am I mistaken? After some searching, I'm left with some questions; - do we have support for IrDA dongles (which connects through usb) in FreeBSD at all? - will birda talk to this dongle even if FreeBSD doesn't see it as a serial port? - does anybody have more information that might help me to get this working? I have searched bot the net and Google groups, but haven't found any useful information yet. Any help appreciated. -- Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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