Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 22:18:12 -0500 From: "Henry F. Marquardt" <hank@yerpso.net> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Jason Kasper" <j_dot_kasper@www.usa.net> Subject: RE: Irda support Message-ID: <NCBBKPEFMKOJPIMNAGPAAEKKEJAA.hank@yerpso.net> In-Reply-To: <2969.965271549@localhost>
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I agree, this is a 'lost' technology, a solution in search of a problem. Even the palm crowd doesn't use it much that I've seen - I remember some of the early marketing hype there with people swapping IR business cards - I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that and I don't think I could figure out how in any reasonable amount of time with mine - it'd be quicker to scribble on a napkin. Same with my laptop, it was configured as com2 and as far as I was concerned just taking up IRQ space - I turned it off when I put FBSD on there. Doesn't mean you should play with it, but what are you going to *use* it for? Hank > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jordan K. Hubbard > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:59 PM > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Cc: Jason Kasper > Subject: Re: Irda support > > > > I realize this may be slightly off-topic, but for the life of me, I > > can't find any reference anywhere > > (google/altavista/deja.com/freebsd.org/etc.) that would indicate that > > anybody is even looking at irda support for freebsd. Are there any > > plans to support irda in the freebsd kernel in the upcoming time-frame? > > There's really never been much interest in it, to be honest. If it's > something that's interesting to you, I suggest doing a reference > implementation and seeing if you can get anyone else fired up about > it. I have to wonder what the linux-user crowd is so busy chortling > about, myself. I've never had the slightest use for IRDA - maybe > if they built laptops with IRDA ports on each side so that you could > actually share data with the laptop next to you on the plane... > > - Jordan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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