Werner Heuser wrote :
> Hi,
>
> I have just made a new issue of the HOWTO.
> Though it's still not perfect, it should be
> mostly in sync with latest Linux/IrDA development now.
Hi,
I looked at your document. It's a very good step in the right
direction. Unfortunately, the job of cleaning up all the outdated
stuff is going to be tedious, but we'll get it with time.
By the way, there are still lot's of good info in my tutorial
that hasn't been included in your howto :
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/IrDA/squirt.html#tutorial
Have a look and cut'n'paste...
Now, for the comments :
1) Code History
New style stuff is 2.2.15 / 2.4.0.
ircomm is /dev/ircommX.ircomm_new is an aberation
all devices are 161 (nothing use 160)
2) Kernel
CONFIG_IRLAN_CLIENT, CONFIG_IRLAN_SERVER, CONFIG_IROBEX, \
CONFIG_IRLPT_CLIENT, CONFIG_IRLPT_SERVER are obsolete.
On the other hand, should talk of Ultra/IrNET options
Also, more FIR dongles... Especially USB dongles...
2) Configuration
> options nsc-ircc dongle_id=0x09
This applies only to specific device. OmniBook 6000 uses 0x08.
Be careful there...
3) Low level driver
These section are not very obvious, the usefull information is
buried in...
Call this section : stating the IrDA stack
Split sections by hardware type or driver
> modprobe tekram # or esi or actisys
> irmanager -d 1 #
> irattach -d tekram # or -d esi or -d actisys
modprobe is useless (if modules.conf is correct), irmanager is no-no
Infrared Motherboard Adapter Support -> This is FIR, get out
of the SIR section
What about FIR drivers ?
3) Printer Connection
Hum... IrLPT is no more, so I guess...
3) IrLAN
Don't mention the actisys stuff here (should be in low level
section). You need to clearly separate the low level from the higer
protocol, because they are independant...
3) Palm - IrObex
Obex stuff is obsolete
Most of the chapter is in fact IrComm to do hot-sync, so I
guess the title is misleading.
3) Cellular Phone Connection
Mention gnokii
3) Digital Camera Connection
> irattach /dev/cua0
Excuse me ????
3) Window$9x/NT
Win2000 : remove IrLAN and IrComm, add IrNET
3) Linux-Linux
And of course IrNET
3) Multiple Instances
> modprobe irlan_client
> modprobe irobex
Obsolete, and not needed for multiple instances. Also work
with FIR devices like this :
> irattach irda0 -s 1
> irattach irda1 -s 1
4) SMP
Tested IrSock, IrNET and OpenObex with multiple dongles on a
SMP box. Works fine. However, the code is not fully SMP safe yet, so
you never know...
4) IrDA and USB
Both USB dongles work fine with the Linux driver. Possible to
have multiple USB dongles in a box (for now, only up to 4).
5) Graphical User Interface
Add at top : <BLINK>This section is obsolete</BLINK>
That's it for today...
Jean
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