Bug#259367: kernel-image-2.6.7-powerpc: irda problems

[Bernhard Reiter <bernhard@intevation.de>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.7-powerpc
Version: 2.6.7-3
Severity: normal

Apple Powerpook G3 400 MHz "Lombard"
Has an internal IR device.
With 2.4.25-8 it needed the macserial module to work.

Cannot get it to work and it behaves strangely.
(Probably my fault, but I need a hint.)

During bootup it detects the port:
	pmac_zilog: 0.6 (Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>)
	ttyS0 at MMIO 0x80813020 (irq = 15) is a Z85c30 ESCC - Internal modem
	ttyS1 at MMIO 0x80813000 (irq = 16) is a Z85c30 ESCC - Infrared port 

Also /proc/sys/net/irda/ exists and has useful values.

irattach does not like /dev/ttyS1, though.
It is strange. that:
Each time /dev/ttyS1 is accessed the following line is send to syslog:
	pmac_zilog 0.00013000:ch-b: IrDA setup for 9600 bps, dongle version: 4

You get a couple of line when trying to start irattach
and then a tty: set_disc(11): Bad file descriptor
and in /var/log/messages:
	irattach: Stopping device /dev/ttyS1
	irattach: ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS): No such device
	pmac_zilog 0.00013000:ch-b: IrDA setup for 9600 bps, dongle version: 4
	irattach: exiting ...

So something is wrong, but I do not know what.
	Bernhard


ii  irda-utils     0.9.16-4       IrDA management and handling utilities

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-powerpc
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.7-powerpc depends on:
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.71     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-pre5-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

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