Sigmatel USB IrDA dongle

From: ALeine (aleine_at_austrosearch.net)
Date: 09/30/04

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    Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:14:11 -0700 (PDT)
To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org

    Hi,

    I'd like to use the SigmaTel USB IrDA dongle to connect my
    computer (FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE) and my mobile phone (Samsung X600).
    According to my log, the dongle is recognized:

    /kernel: ugen0: Sigmatel Inc IrDA/USB Bridge, rev 1.10/0.08, addr 2

    So what do I do now? I've searched everywhere and there seems to be
    no software I can use with the dongle (birda, lirc, gnokii all
    support only serial IrDA dongles at best). Is anyone working on
    something to make use of USB IrDA dongles on FreeBSD?

    If not, does anyone have some sort of alternative solution? Some
    Linux mini distribution with irda-tools running inside bochs or
    VMware?

    I installed VMware 3.2 from the ports because it is supposed to
    now support mapping of USB devices, but since it is a native
    Linux application it would need a true, mapped usbdevfs under
    /compat/linux/proc/bus/usb to actually work. Is anyone working
    on this? I know that almost exactly two years ago Bruce M Simpson
    posted on freebsd-hackers about this issue, but I have no info
    on what has been done.

    Any info will be greatly appreciated, I'm interested in making
    this work even if I have to spend a few months coding everything
    myself.

    Thanks & best regards,
    ALeine
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