Re: [irda-users] [maybe OT] Is this place to get help?

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Werner Heuser wrote:

>>The question is: is this ML the suitable place to ask for a little help
>>about configuring a harsh IrDA interface? If not, can you please me
>>suggest me a more suitable place?
>>
>
>If you use latest irda-utils and latest (stable) kernels and read
>the docs before posting:
>

OK, I checked out everything, now I'm pretty sure I can ask help :-)

I'm using a stable kernel (2.4.20-acpi-r6 from Gentoo) and latest=20
irda-utils (0.9.15),  I enabled all required options in kernel (serial,=20
sysctl, irda support). In particular, the irda section is, cut&pasted=20
=66rom make menuconfig:

<*> IrDA subsystem support
--- IrDA=20
protocols                                                            =20
<M>   IrLAN=20
protocol                                                          =20
<M>   IrNET=20
protocol                                                          =20
<M>   IrCOMM=20
protocol                                                        =20
[*]   Ultra (connectionless)=20
protocol                                        =20
--- IrDA=20
options                                                              =20
[*]   Cache last=20
LSAP                                                         =20
[*]   Fast RRs (low=20
latency)                                                  =20
[*]   Debug information          =20

and

--- SIR device=20
drivers                                                        =20
<M> IrTTY (uses Linux serial=20
driver)                                         =20
 <M> IrPORT (IrDA serial=20
driver)                                               =20
--- Dongle=20
support                                                            =20
[*] Serial dongle=20
support                                                     =20
<M>   ESI JetEye PC=20
dongle                                                   =20
<M>   ACTiSYS IR-220L and IR220L+=20
dongle                                      =20
<M>   Tekram IrMate 210B=20
dongle                                               =20
<M>   Greenwich GIrBIL=20
dongle                                                =20
<M>   Parallax LiteLink dongle =20
<M>   Microchip=20
MCP2120                                                       =20
<M>   Old Belkin=20
dongle                                                       =20
<M>   ACTiSYS IR-200L dongle=20
(Experimental)                                   =20
<M>   Mobile Action MA600 dongle=20
(Experimental)                               =20
--- FIR device=20
drivers                                                        =20
<M> IrDA USB dongles=20
(Experimental)                                           =20
<M> NSC=20
PC87108/PC87338                                                       =20
<M> Winbond W83977AF=20
(IR)                                                     =20
< > Toshiba Type-O IR=20
Port                                                 =20
<M> ALi M5123 FIR=20
(Experimental)                                              =20
<M> VLSI 82C147 SIR/MIR/FIR (Experimental) =20
<M> SMC IrCC (Experimental)

I set all those options as modules, because I did not know with=20
precision which hardware was mine; I excluded just the Toshiba module,=20
because my laptop is a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo M.

Anyway, I lately discovered that probably my ir device is a simple=20
standard SIR, correctly seen by the kernel as a serial port. From dmesg=20
I can see:

Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ=20
SERIAL_PCI enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq =3D 4) is a 16550A   <--- this is the serial port
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq =3D 3) is a 16550A   <--- this is the ir port

I can say the second one is surely the ir because the addres and IRQ are=20
the same set in the BIOS.

Here it comes the first oddness. I followed the instruction in the Linux=20
Infrared HOWTO, but when came the time to create various devices in=20
/dev, I found out there where already some ircomm devices... more than=20
30!! From ircomm0 to ircomm30... strange indeed.

Then I irattach /dev/ttyS1 -s, and I don't get any error mesg... should=20
it be all right? To check it, I try to irdadump with my ir cellular=20
phone . All I can see is:

bash-2.05a# irdadump
22:26:13.966346 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D0 (14)
22:26:14.056338 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D1 (14)
22:26:14.146353 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D2 (14)
22:26:14.236338 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D3 (14)
22:26:14.326521 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D4 (14)
22:26:14.416342 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D5 (14)
22:26:14.506346 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D* naima hint=3D0400=
 [=20
Computer ] (21)
22:26:16.966344 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D0 (14)
22:26:17.056340 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D1 (14)
22:26:17.146344 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D2 (14)
22:26:17.236342 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D3 (14)
22:26:17.326527 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D4 (14)
22:26:17.416340 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D5 (14)
22:26:17.506341 xid:cmd 08fb025d > ffffffff S=3D6 s=3D* naima hint=3D0400=
 [=20
Computer ] (21)

14 packets received by filter
bash-2.05a#

Mhhh... I can't say if this is right or wrong, but one thing is pretty=20
sure, it would go on that way if I wouldn't ctrl-C it.

I made a, maybe clumsy, try to use the phone as a modem with minicom,=20
trying to use /dev/ircomm0 as modem (I read about it somewhere on the=20
net... if necessary I'll find the page again), but neither this seemed=20
to work. Nor the Gnome applet Girda seems to detect any device...

What can you tell me about this case? I'm sure I did not give all the=20
deteils you'd need to diagnosticate what the problem is; just ask, I'll=20
try to find them out.

Thank you in advance to whomever will try to help me in this case...

=B0=B0=B0 Wise
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