From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ondrej Zary Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] irda: move it to drivers/staging so we can delete it Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:31:16 +0200 Message-ID: <201708310931.16406.linux@rainbow-software.org> References: <20170827150334.32495-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <201708292332.58569.linux@rainbow-software.org> <20170831043042.GB3359@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, samuel@sortiz.org, David Miller , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Greg KH Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170831043042.GB3359@kroah.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: driverdev-devel-bounces@linuxdriverproject.org Sender: "devel" List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thursday 31 August 2017, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 11:32:58PM +0200, Ondrej Zary wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 August 2017 01:42:08 David Miller wrote: > > > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 17:03:30 +0200 > > > > > > > The IRDA code has long been obsolete and broken. So, to keep people > > > > from trying to use it, and to prevent people from having to maintain > > > > it, let's move it to drivers/staging/ so that we can delete it > > > > entirely from the kernel in a few releases. > > > > > > No objection, I'll apply this to net-next, thanks Greg. > > > > IRDA works fine in Debian 9 (kernel 4.9) and I use it for simple file > > transfer. Hope I'm not the only one... > > > > # irattach /dev/ttyS0 -d tekram -s > > # irdadump > > 21:28:52.830350 xid:cmd aed8eb79 > ffffffff S=6 s=0 (14) > > 21:28:52.922368 xid:cmd aed8eb79 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14) > > 21:28:53.014350 xid:cmd aed8eb79 > ffffffff S=6 s=2 (14) > > 21:28:53.106338 xid:cmd aed8eb79 > ffffffff S=6 s=3 (14) > > 21:28:53.190276 xid:rsp aed8eb79 < 000035d1 S=6 s=3 Nokia 6230i hint=b125 > > [ PnP Modem Fax Telephony IrCOMM IrOBEX ] (28) > > 21:28:53.198384 xid:cmd aed8eb79 > ffffffff S=6 s=4 (14) > > 21:28:53.290382 xid:cmd aed8eb79 > ffffffff S=6 s=5 (14) > > 21:28:53.382341 xid:cmd aed8eb79 > ffffffff S=6 s=* pentium hint=0400 [ > > Computer ] (23) > > ^C > > 8 packets received by filter > > > > $ obexftp -i -l MMC > > Connecting..\done > > Receiving "MMC".../ > > > [ ]> > > > > > > > user-perm="RWD"/> > > > user-perm="RWD"/> > > > user-perm="RWD"/> > > .... > > $ obexftp -i -c MMC -g Image004.jpg > > Connecting..\done > > Sending "MMC"...|done > > Receiving "Image004.jpg"...-done > > Disconnecting..\done > > Odd, and is this just a ir device connected to a "real" serial port, or > a specific IRDA device? > > thanks, > > greg k-h Yes, it's an external IrDA dongle connected to a real serial port. I also have an ARK3116-based USB IrDA dongle and some laptops with integrated IrDA ports that used to work fine but haven't tested them recently (i.e. Debian 9). -- Ondrej Zary