On 25 Nov 1999, Dag Brattli wrote:
> Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On 22 Nov 1999, Dag Brattli wrote:
> >
> > > 4) The Girbil dosn't do echo-cancellation which means that you must use
> > > irport with this dongle. The girbil is however the nicest and smallest
> > > dongle ;-) I have had some problems with my impl. of this dongle, but they
> > > may be fixed now in the new dongle arch.
> >
> > I'm using the IrDA drivers as found in the 2.2.13 kernel. It works fine just
> > with IrTTY for me, talking to a Motorola L7089 cellphone (which I'm using to
> > send this!)
>
> Yes, but if you look at irdadump, you should see all the reflected
> frames. Usually this works fine, but you might get some problems. I have
> noticed myself that the link is much more unstable with irtty and the
> girbil dongle than when using irport. In fact, irport got modified to do
> half duplex comm. just because of the girbil dongle. But if you don't have
> any problems, then I suggest you just continue using irtty. You will get
> less performance, but this is not an issue when running agaist a slow
> mobile phone.
I had a look at this earlier this evening, and couldn't work out how to
attach the dongle when using IrPORT. Kernel 2.2.13 with its own IrDA drivers.
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