Subject: Re: IR Confusion
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Valeriy E. Ushakov <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/28/2002 13:59:11
On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 05:38:03 -0400, Andy Ball wrote:
> com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
>
> ...where com1 is (according to the machine's setup program)
> routed to the IR port. The above looks just like a normal
> serial port. Is it possible under NetBSD to use this to
> communicate with anything?
Run irdaattach(8) to attach irframetty(4) line discipline. Install
comms/birda that provides the user-space stack, e.g. ircomm(1).
SY, Uwe
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