Greetings --
My Palm-Linux link still remains silent, so I
start from the basics and want to understand the
port issues. Sorry if it seems redundant, but I
got a feeling the system waits for connection in a
wrong place, and all the issues were not
explained. I'll try to ask the most detailed
questions and would appreciate longer comments...
So here we go. I start with the BIOS setup -- I
have choices in Inspiron 7k setup to choose a SIR
or a FIR mode, and in a SIR mode, I can choose the
base IO address/IRQ of the IR port, the choices
are as follows:
2E8 IRQ3
3F8 IRQ4 -- conflict with the current Serial Port shows
2F8 IRQ3
3E8 IRQ4 -- conflict with the current Modem Port shows
I leave it at the original 2E8 IRQ3 showing no
comments.
I guess this enables IR port, as the setting is
Customized to choose port/irq, and the other ones
are Off and Auto.
Now, to what am I supposed to irattach? And if I
say irattach /dev/ttyS3, do I have to configure
setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 2E8 irq 3
to match the above?
In contrast -- what does
mknod /dev/irnine c 161 0
do -- if I want to use pilot-xfer -p /dev/irnine,
does it mean I don't need the above irattach?
I'd really appreciate if somebody illuminates
this, as without it I can't be sure the thing is
waiting on the right port. Also, why /dev/irnine
v. /dev/ircomm? Can somebody please explain the
meaning of the name irnine?
Now, the other option in the BIOS is for the IR
port to run in FIR mode. Then, the port/irq
choice is aided by a DMA choice. The shown one,
DMA 0, is the only one which has no conflicts -- 3
and 7 are taken by Parallel Port, 5 & 6 are for
Modem Port, and 2 is FDD.
Question: if I choose FIR, can I still HotSync
with a Palm? And, what IR chipset is used in
Inspiron 7000? I couldn't find it in the specs.
Once I know, how do I make sure I load it right?
But if it doesn't HotSync, I'll better configure
SIR.
--
Cheers,
Alexy Khrabrov -- www.suffix.com -- Segmentation f%^(&
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