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Date:      Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:10:05 +0100
From:      Karel Miklav <karel.miklav@siol.net>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   IrDA on ThinkPad X40
Message-ID:  <43EBCBCD.5050007@siol.net>

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I'm trying to connect SonyEricsson and Siemens mobile phones
to my couple of days old FreeBSD 6 on an X40 ThinkPad notebook.

The birda package doesn't work, but I'm not sure where the
problem is. Is there a way I can just test the communication,
cat /dev/cuad0 gives nothing. Here's some info:

tp# uname -a
FreeBSD tp 6.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #0: Sun Feb  5 19:26:17 
CET 2006 *@*:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TPX40  i386
tp# dmesg | grep sio0
sio0: <Generic IRDA-compatible device> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 drq 3 
flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
tp# pkg_info -xE birda
birda-1.3
tp# ircomm -d /dev/cuad0 -m 115200 -y /dev/ptypf -v 2
query completed
query completed
query completed
query completed
query completed
query completed
query completed
query completed
query completed
query completed
No peer station found
tp# cat /dev/cuad0
^C
tp#

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Regards,
Karel Miklav



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