[ltp] Report for NSC FIR
chris christensen
linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:55:51 -0600
I need to return my 600E to original spec but can't find restore CD.
Is there anyone out there with a burner that could burn a copy for me?
Help much appreciated.
Chris Christensen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Hood" <jdthood2@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Report for NSC FIR
> --- Tom Grydeland <Tom.Grydeland@phys.uit.no> wrote:
> > A new long report :-)
>
> Thanks. It is very useful to have such a complete log.
>
> It looks to me like loading and unloading the modules and
> software, at least, is working properly for you now.
>
> I guess all there is left to do is to try again to connect
> with another device which is known to be compatible with
> the TP IR transceiver. So go get another TP and ... :)
> (Actually, I'll have the chance to try this eventually.
> My mum owns a ThinkPad 600. However she lives in another
> city.)
>
> Thomas
>
> > Setup is the same as last time --
> > * TP 600E, findchip Found NSC PC87338
> > * kernel 2.2.18, unpatched except for Thomas Hood's nsc-ircc patch
> > minus the request-region chunk.
> > * irda-utils-0.9.13
> > * tpctl 1.0
> > * pcmcia 3.1.24 (for lspnp/setpnp)
> >
> > I looks as if irtty might have been responsible for my failure last
> > time. This time I was able to load the module, irattach to it,
> > and irdadump did see some traffic on the link (although very little --
> > only one packet every five seconds or so), but the Palm gave no
> > indication of seeing any traffic, and it did not appear in the discovery
> > log.
> >
> > ((Maybe I am asking for the impossible now? Is the Palm FIR-capable?))
> >
> > Anyway, here's the log, captured with 'script' and edited for clarity.
> > Comments are introduced with '%'
> >
> > Script started on Fri Mar 2 06:10:10 2001
> > #
> > # tpctl --rsx
> > resource state: current
> > serial port : enable 0x3f8 IRQ4
> > serial port : enable 0x3e8 IRQ7
> > # lspnp -v -b 13
> > 13 IBM0071 IBM Thinkpad infrared port
> > irq 7
> > io 0x03e8-0x03ef
> > dma 3
> > # cat /etc/conf.modules
> >
> > % non-IR-related stuff deleted
> >
> > # IrDA
> > alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty
> > alias char-major-161 ircomm-tty
> > # These values are hard-coded in irattach (not instance order)
> > alias irda-dongle-0 tekram # Tekram IrMate IR-210B
> > alias irda-dongle-1 esi # ESI JetEye
> > alias irda-dongle-2 actisys # Actisys IR-220L
> > alias irda-dongle-3 actisys # Actisys IR-220L+
> > alias irda-dongle-4 girbil # Greenwich GIrBIL
> > alias irda-dongle-5 litelink # Parallax LiteLink
> > alias irda-dongle-6 airport # Adaptec Airport 1000 and 2000
> > # IrNET module...
> > alias char-major-10-187 irnet # Official allocation of IrNET
> >
> > # NSC IR controller in the TP600E
> > alias irda0 nsc-ircc
> > options nsc-ircc dongle_id=0x09 irq=7, io=0x03e8
> >
> > # lspnp -v -b 13
> > 13 IBM0071 IBM Thinkpad infrared port
> > irq 7
> > io 0x03e8-0x03ef
> > dma 3
> > # sync
> > # modprobe irda0
> > # tail /var/log/messages
> > Mar 2 06:10:40 host cardmgr[23299]: watching 2 sockets
> > Mar 2 06:10:40 host kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
> > Mar 2 06:10:40 host kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
> > Mar 2 06:10:40 host kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: clean.
> > Mar 2 06:10:40 host kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> > Mar 2 06:11:59 host kernel: IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag
Brattli)
> > Mar 2 06:11:59 host kernel: nsc-ircc, Found chip at io base 0x02e
> > Mar 2 06:11:59 host kernel: nsc-ircc, Driver loaded (Dag Brattli)
> > Mar 2 06:11:59 host kernel: IrDA: Registered device irda0
> > Mar 2 06:11:59 host kernel: nsc-ircc, Using dongle: IBM31T1100 or Temic
> > TFDS6000/TFDS6500
> > # irattach irda0 -d
> > 1.1 Tue Nov 9 15:30:55 1999 Dag Brattli
> > # tail /var/log/messages
> > Mar 2 06:10:40 host kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> > Mar 2 06:11:59 host kernel: IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag
Brattli)
> > Mar 2 06:11:59 host kernel: nsc-ircc, Found chip at io base 0x02e
> > Mar 2 06:11:59 host kernel: nsc-ircc, Driver loaded (Dag Brattli)
> > Mar 2 06:11:59 host kernel: IrDA: Registered device irda0
> > Mar 2 06:11:59 host kernel: nsc-ircc, Using dongle: IBM31T1100 or Temic
> > TFDS6000/TFDS6500
> > Mar 2 06:12:30 host irattach: executing: '/sbin/modprobe irda0'
> > Mar 2 06:12:30 host irattach: Starting device irda0
> > Mar 2 06:12:30 host irattach: executing: 'echo host >
> > /proc/sys/net/irda/devname'
> > Mar 2 06:13:28 host kernel: IrCOMM protocol (Dag Brattli)
> >
> > % At this point, I placed the Palm in front of the IR port
> >
> > # cat /proc/net/irda/discovery
> > IrLMP: Discovery log:
> >
> > # lsmod
> > Module Size Used by
> > nsc-ircc 13768 1
> > irda 143649 1 [nsc-ircc]
> > ds 6120 2
> > i82365 21620 2
> > pcmcia_core 49984 0 [ds i82365]
> > superio 5040 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > smapi 2364 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > thinkpad 2640 0 (autoclean) [superio smapi]
> > # cat /proc/interrupts
> > CPU0
> > 0: 10403598 XT-PIC timer
> > 1: 188795 XT-PIC keyboard
> > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> > 7: 2 XT-PIC irda0
> > 8: 23 XT-PIC rtc
> > 11: 54 XT-PIC usb-uhci, i82365
> > 12: 571838 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
> > 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
> > 14: 155377 XT-PIC ide0
> > 15: 910089 XT-PIC ide1
> > NMI: 0
> >
> > % as my own user, I tried 'pilot-xfer -p /dev/irnine -l' and started
> > % HotSync on the Palm
> >
> > # irdadump
> > 05:13:47.862355 xid:cmd ff1cffd6 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14)
> > 05:13:52.862316 xid:cmd ff1cffd6 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14)
> > 05:13:57.862481 xid:cmd ff1cffd6 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14)
> > 05:14:02.862317 xid:cmd ff1cffd6 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14)
> > 05:14:07.862351 xid:cmd ff1cffd6 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14)
> > 05:14:12.862350 xid:cmd ff1cffd6 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14)
> > 05:14:17.862351 xid:cmd ff1cffd6 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14)
> > 05:14:22.862353 xid:cmd ff1cffd6 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14)
> > 05:14:27.862351[xid:cmd ff1cffd6 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14)
> >
> > 9 packets received by filter
> > # lsmod
> > Module Size Used by
> > af_packet 5676 0 (autoclean)
> > ircomm-tty 30144 1 (autoclean)
> > ircomm 13436 0 (autoclean) [ircomm-tty]
> > nsc-ircc 13768 1
> > irda 143649 1 [ircomm-tty ircomm nsc-ircc]
> > ds 6120 2
> > i82365 21620 2
> > pcmcia_core 49984 0 [ds i82365]
> > superio 5040 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > smapi 2364 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > thinkpad 2640 0 (autoclean) [superio smapi]
> > # cat /proc/interrupts
> > CPU0
> > 0: 10415315 XT-PIC timer
> > 1: 189001 XT-PIC keyboard
> > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> > 7: 2 XT-PIC irda0
> > 8: 23 XT-PIC rtc
> > 11: 54 XT-PIC usb-uhci, i82365
> > 12: 571838 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
> > 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
> > 14: 155454 XT-PIC ide0
> > 15: 910089 XT-PIC ide1
> > NMI: 0
> > # ll /dev/irnine
> > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 161, 0 Mar 2 06:15 /dev/irnine
> > # ll /dev/ircomm0
> > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 161, 0 Feb 18 16:47 /dev/ircomm0
> > # pilot-xfer -p /dev/irnine -l
> > Waiting for connection on /dev/irnine (press the HotSync button now)...
> > Abort on signal!
> >
> > [1]+ Stopped pilot-xfer -p /dev/irnine -l
> > # kill %1
> >
> > [1]+ Stopped pilot-xfer -p /dev/irnine -l
> > # lsmod
> > Module Size Used by
> > af_packet 5676 0 (autoclean)
> > ircomm-tty 30144 0 (autoclean)
> > ircomm 13436 0 (autoclean) [ircomm-tty]
> > nsc-ircc 13768 1
> > irda 143649 1 [ircomm-tty ircomm nsc-ircc]
> > ds 6120 2
> > i82365 21620 2
> > pcmcia_core 49984 0 [ds i82365]
> > superio 5040 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > smapi 2364 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > thinkpad 2640 0 (autoclean) [superio smapi]
> > [1]+ Terminated pilot-xfer -p /dev/irnine -l
> > # rmmod af_packet
> > # rmmod ircomm-tty
> > # rmmod nsc-ircc
> > rmmod: nsc-ircc: Device or resource busy
> > # killall irattach
> > # rmmod nsc-ircc
> > # lsmod
> > Module Size Used by
> > irda 143649 0
> > ds 6120 2
> > i82365 21620 2
> > pcmcia_core 49984 0 [ds i82365]
> > superio 5040 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > smapi 2364 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > thinkpad 2640 0 (autoclean) [superio smapi]
> > # rmmod irda
> > # lsmod
> > Module Size Used by
> > ds 6120 2
> > i82365 21620 2
> > pcmcia_core 49984 0 [ds i82365]
> > superio 5040 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > smapi 2364 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > thinkpad 2640 0 (autoclean) [superio smapi]
> > # /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia/stop
> > Shutting down PCMCIA services: cardmgr modules.
> > # lsmod
> > Module Size Used by
> > superio 5040 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > smapi 2364 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > thinkpad 2640 0 (autoclean) [superio smapi]
> > # tpctl --rsx
> > resource state: current
> > serial port : enable 0x3f8 IRQ4
> > serial port : enable 0x3e8 IRQ7
> > # setserial -g /dev/ttyS?
> > /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
> > /dev/ttyS1, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
> > /dev/ttyS2, UART: 8250, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
> > /dev/ttyS3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
> > # umount /usr
> > umount: /usr: device is busy
> > exit 1
> > #
> >
> > Script done on Fri Mar 2 06:17:43 2001
> >
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> >
> > At the end, the serial port again claims to have an 8250 uart, (which is
> > what it did when I crashed last), so I proceeded to take the machine
> > down to runlevel 1, umount /home and /usr, disable and then reenable the
> > IR port using tpctl (no crashes this time!), reload the serial module
> > (this time it recognised the uart as a 16550A), and bring the machine
> > back to runlevel 3, and remount the partitions. No reboot this time :-)
> >
> > I'm not sure whether this is a success or a failure. I could load
> > nsc-ircc, irattach irda0, unload the module and restore the IR port, but
> > I couldn't talk to anything over it. The output from irdadump seems to
> > indicate something is not right -- with SIR I get a flurry of messages
> > every five seconds, not just one.
> >
> >
> > --
> > //Tom Grydeland <Tom.Grydeland@phys.uit.no>
> >
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