[ltp] Linux, kernel 2.4.22-ac4/2.4.23 and IRDA

[André Wyrwa]

You might need to make use of lspnp/setpnp to enable the IR port.

And also try adding io=0x2f8 irq=4 to the options for nsc-ircc.

Andre.

PS: Enabling IR in the bios and giving these options made it work on my
T23. Funny thing: findchip -v doesn't output anything for me.


On Don, 2003-12-11 at 16:38, Steven Haigh wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I've just found this group, and hopefully, I can ease my frustration in
> trying to get some features working on my Thinkpad 600X..
> 
> I've tried just about everything I can think of to get the IR working.
> I've heard mention that the -ac series of patches fixes support for the
> Thinkpad IR, so have downgraded the kernel from 2.4.23 to 2.4.22-ac4,
> but with no success.
> 
> >From the research I have done, apparently the Thinkpad 600X IR is
> supported by the nsc-ircc module, and is supposed to have the
> dongle_id=0x09 option when insmod'ed, however, when I do this I always
> get this error:
> 
> Dec 12 02:32:18 localhost kernel: nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
> Dec 12 02:32:18 localhost kernel: nsc-ircc, Wrong chip version ff
> 
> Now, running 'findchip -v' gives me:
> 
> [root@localhost root]# findchip -v
> reg=0x011
> Found NSC PC87338 Controller at 0x2e, DevID=0x0b, Rev. 2
>     SIR Base 0x2f8, FIR Base 0x2f8
>     IRQ = 4, DMA = 3
>     Enabled: no, Suspended: no
>     UART compatible: yes
>     Half duplex delay = 0 us
> 
> The 'Enabled: no' part makes me a bit sus, however I'm assuming (and
> maybe incorrectly) that this will change to 'yes' when I can get the
> module to detect the IR port, but I haven't been able to find anything
> to confirm this.
> 
> I have played with tpctl and the Thinkpad module, but am not currently
> using this, as I couldn't see any major benefit in using this over not
> using it - as APM, suspend etc seems to work fine - the only issues I
> have is IR...
> 
> Has anybody got IR working properly on a Thinkpad 600X? What are the
> experiences with other thinkpads and IR?
> 
> -- 
> Signed,
> Steven Haigh
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