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

[Jens Schmalzing <j.s@lmu.de>]

retitle 259367 irda-utils: Load irtty-sir in startup script
severity 259367 wishlist
reassign 259367 irda-utils
thanks

Hi,

Bernhard Reiter writes:

> 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.

You didn't load the irtty-sir module.  This should probably be done
automatically in the irda init script, so I'm moving this bug over to
irda-utils.

Regards, Jens.

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