From: andrzej z. <ba...@za...> - 2006-09-11 17:52:57
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On 11/09/06, surfzoid surfzoid <sur...@ho...> wrote: > i have the same dongle STIR 4200 and post a problem with it with subject > "*** buffer overflow detected ***: irdadump terminated", if it s necessary i > can post it again, but i say it again i m complety newbie in linux world, so > this patch is a solution for my probleme ? No, I don't think so. I would guess your problem is in userspace, maybe unrelated to STIR 4200. To be honest, I also feel lost in the userspace part of Linux irda. > How can i use this patch to correct my probleme ? > Should have to recompile all my kernel ? > thanks > > > >From: "andrzej zaborowski" <ba...@gm...> > >To: ird...@li... > >Subject: [irda-users] Workaround for a bad stir4200 > >Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:37:32 +0200 > > > >Hi, > >I have a stir 4200 dongle which doesn't work with the driver from the > >kernel. The chip does have a SigmaTel logo on it and looks genuine. > >Infrared data seems to be received correctly but nothing meaningfull > >is being emitted. It turns out that the FIFOCTL register always has > >the RXERR bit set when the driver reads it so the loop in > >fifo_txwait() exits immediately and no delay between TX bytes occurs, > >so the data comes out all garbled. I made a small change in the loop > >to make it keep waiting despite RXERR or TXERR and IrDA frames can now > >be sent and received correctly. The errors are still reported, they > >just don't interrupt the loop. > > > >If you have a stir4200 that doesn't seem to work under Linux, please > >try the attached patch. Maybe if it fixes the problem for more > >persons, something like it should be merged. > > > >Regards, > >Andrew > >-- > >balrog 2oo6 > > > ><< linux-stir4200.patch >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > >easier > >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >irda-users mailing list > >ird...@li... > >http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/irda-users > > _________________________________________________________________ > Retrouvez tout en un clin d'oeil avec la barre d'outil MSN Search ! > http://desktop.msn.fr/ > > -- balrog 2oo6 Dear Outlook users: Please remove me from your address books http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/21/143258 |