IrDA-patched binaries

IrDA-patched binaries

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Hi all,

I have made available kernel and irda-packages with the irda-hacks added
to make .

Also, according to BenH the IDE tweaks should be alright now (but who
knows what other "features" have been thrown into this bleeding edge
kernel as well ;-)

Haven't had time to test myself, bu they are at
http://debian.jones.dk/auryn/ as usual:

deb http://debian.jones.dk sid misc tibook

Remember to also lower the speed as described in the mail-thread
(http://lists.linuxppc.org/linuxppc-dev/200110/msg00168.html):

> 3) When applying 1) and 2), IRCOMM works provided that
> /proc/sys/net/irda/max_baud_rate is clamped to 57600.

 - Jonas

P.S.

Please Cc me or debian@jones.dk - I am not on other lists I am
crossposting

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Re: [Debian] IrDA-patched binaries

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> I have made available kernel and irda-packages with the irda-hacks
> added to make .

...to make IrDA work on the Apple G4 "TiBook" PowerBook.

(sorry, I got ahead of myself and let it out before finished writing it)

 - Jonas

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Re: IrDA-patched binaries

[Jason E. Stewart]

"Jonas Smedegaard" <dr@jones.dk> writes:

> I have made available kernel and irda-packages with the irda-hacks added
> to make .

I was totally thrilled to see this. Because of reiserfs, I need to
compile my own kernel, so I grabbed the patches a couple of weeks
ago. I just had time to look at them and it seems that parameters.h
has changed a *lot* since this patch was made.

>From BenH's latest kernel:

typedef union {
	char   *c;
	__u32   i;
	__u32 *ip;
} irda_pv_t;

from the patch:

+#if   defined(__BIG_ENDIAN) 	/* TODO: not 64bit safe (when casting __u32 to ptr) */
 typedef union {
 	char   *c;
-	__u8    b;
-	__u16   s;
+	struct {
+	__u8    mm,ml,lm,ll;	/* most to least significant */
+	}       b;
+	struct {
+	__u16   m,l;		/* most to least significant */
+	}       s;
 	__u32   i;
 	__u8  *bp;
 	__u16 *sp;
 	__u32 *ip;
 } irda_pv_t;
+#elif defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN) 	/* TODO: not 64bit safe */
+typedef union {
+	char   *c;
+	struct {
+	__u8    ll,lm,ml,mm;	/* least to most significant */
+	}       b;
+	struct {
+	__u16   l,m;		/* least to most significant */
+	}       s;
+	__u32   i;
+	__u8  *bp;
+	__u16 *sp;
+	__u32 *ip;
+} irda_pv_t;
+#else
+#error "unknown endianness"
+#endif


So it looks like the irda_pv_t has lost the *sp,*bp,s, and b fields
since the patch was made. Since the primary change of the patch is to
make the b and s fields into structs, I don't really have a clue how
to procede.

Can someone suggest anything?

Thanks,
jas.

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Re: IrDA-patched binaries

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 11 Nov 2001, Jason E. Stewart wrote:

> "Jonas Smedegaard" <dr@jones.dk> writes:
>
> > I have made available kernel and irda-packages with the irda-hacks added
> > to make .
>
> I was totally thrilled to see this. Because of reiserfs, I need to
> compile my own kernel, so I grabbed the patches a couple of weeks ago.
> I just had time to look at them and it seems that parameters.h has
> changed a *lot* since this patch was made.

[cut]

> So it looks like the irda_pv_t has lost the *sp,*bp,s, and b fields
> since the patch was made. Since the primary change of the patch is to
> make the b and s fields into structs, I don't really have a clue how
> to procede.
>
> Can someone suggest anything?

Hi Jason,

My suggestion is have a look at the latest snapshot from
http://debian.jones.dk/auryn/kernels/patches/ with the irda patch
included: 2.4.15-pre1ben0rsync20011108irda20011030

I was lazy that day and didn't archive the snapshot without ida, but there
was no hackery, just a clean patch, so you can undo the pach if you
like...

I am no kernel hacker, so for the current situation what I do myself is
sit tight until someone pops up with a new diff and claims that it works.

Regarding my own testing: I managed to see my Nokia phone in
discovery-mode, but not communicate with it (using libgsm). Might be other
problems, I haven't succeeded recently on my Sony Vaio either, but have
had positive results way back (with 2.4.2 as I recall...).

 - Jonas

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Re: IrDA-patched binaries

[Michel Dänzer]

"Jason E. Stewart" wrote:
>
> "Jonas Smedegaard" <dr@jones.dk> writes:
>
> > I have made available kernel and irda-packages with the irda-hacks
> > added to make .
>
> I was totally thrilled to see this. Because of reiserfs, I need to
> compile my own kernel, so I grabbed the patches a couple of weeks
> ago. I just had time to look at them and it seems that parameters.h
> has changed a *lot* since this patch was made.
>
> >From BenH's latest kernel:
>
> typedef union {
>         char   *c;
>         __u32   i;
>         __u32 *ip;
> } irda_pv_t;

Yup, 2.4.15-pre2 has my better fix. :)

Now we're working on fixing macserial such that the 'cat /dev/ttyS1
trick' isn't needed anymore...


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Re: IrDA-patched binaries

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote:

> "Jason E. Stewart" wrote:

> > has changed a *lot* since this patch was made.

> Yup, 2.4.15-pre2 has my better fix. :)
>
> Now we're working on fixing macserial such that the 'cat /dev/ttyS1
> trick' isn't needed anymore...

_That_ was quick response :-)

I have now uploaded BenH as of today to debian.jones.dk, if anyone's
interested...

 - Jonas

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Re: IrDA-patched binaries

[Jason E. Stewart]

"Michel Dänzer" <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch> writes:

> "Jason E. Stewart" wrote:
> >
> > "Jonas Smedegaard" <dr@jones.dk> writes:
> >
> > > I have made available kernel and irda-packages with the irda-hacks
> > > added to make .
> >
> > I was totally thrilled to see this. Because of reiserfs, I need to
> > compile my own kernel, so I grabbed the patches a couple of weeks
> > ago. I just had time to look at them and it seems that parameters.h
> > has changed a *lot* since this patch was made.
> >
> > >From BenH's latest kernel:
> >
> > typedef union {
> >         char   *c;
> >         __u32   i;
> >         __u32 *ip;
> > } irda_pv_t;
>
> Yup, 2.4.15-pre2 has my better fix. :)

sorry Michel, I don't understand. Is the irda_pv_t listed above your
fix? Or will your fix being showing up in BenH's kernel soon, or???

> Now we're working on fixing macserial such that the 'cat /dev/ttyS1
> trick' isn't needed anymore...

Hmmm.. Sorry, must have missed that one. What is the trick, and why is
it needed?

Thanks,
jas.

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Re: IrDA-patched binaries

[Michel Dänzer]

"Jason E. Stewart" wrote:
>
> "Michel Dänzer" <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch> writes:
>
> > "Jason E. Stewart" wrote:
> > >
> > > "Jonas Smedegaard" <dr@jones.dk> writes:
> > >
> > > > I have made available kernel and irda-packages with the
> > > > irda-hacks added to make .
> > >
> > > I was totally thrilled to see this. Because of reiserfs, I need to
> > > compile my own kernel, so I grabbed the patches a couple of weeks
> > > ago. I just had time to look at them and it seems that
> > > parameters.h has changed a *lot* since this patch was made.
> > >
> > > >From BenH's latest kernel:
> > >
> > > typedef union {
> > >         char   *c;
> > >         __u32   i;
> > >         __u32 *ip;
> > > } irda_pv_t;
> >
> > Yup, 2.4.15-pre2 has my better fix. :)
>
> sorry Michel, I don't understand. Is the irda_pv_t listed above your
> fix?

Yes, it's in Linus' 2.4.15-pre2 and thus of course also in Ben's.


> > Now we're working on fixing macserial such that the 'cat /dev/ttyS1
> > trick' isn't needed anymore...
>
> Hmmm.. Sorry, must have missed that one. What is the trick, and why is
> it needed?

The macserial driver was missing a delay so you had to open the device
(most easily with cat) for a while before running irattach, or it
wouldn't work.

I've verified an idea from Ben for a possible solution today, he'll
hopefully integrate something soon.


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Re: IrDA-patched binaries

[Jason E. Stewart]

"Michel Dänzer" <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch> writes:

> > > Yup, 2.4.15-pre2 has my better fix. :)
> >
> > sorry Michel, I don't understand. Is the irda_pv_t listed above your
> > fix?
>
> Yes, it's in Linus' 2.4.15-pre2 and thus of course also in Ben's.

Ah.. Thanks. So I assume that I can use BenH's kernel as is with my
Pismo and my Palm, with no patch needed?

Thanks,
jas.

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