On 29 Nov 1999, Dag Brattli wrote:
> Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > 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.
>
> You can use dongle_attach to do this:
>
> 1. insmod irport io=0x3e8 irq=11 # Fix for your settings, see what setserial
> # uses, and be sure to rmmod serial before
> # you try, so the resources are free
I couldn't remove the serial stuff, since my normal modem and my mouse need
it...
setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none did the trick freeing up its resources though.
> 2. dongle_attach -d girbil irda0
For some reason the version of dongle_attach shipped with Red Hat 6.1 needs
it in the form dongle_attach irda0 -d girbil ....
however it's all working now. When my cellphone goes into offpeak I'll see if
the link is any better...
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