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Re: USB IR tower support in Lunix
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
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Sat, 4 Jan 2003 02:22:49 GMT
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Hi,
I got the USB IR-tower to work under linux using the same patch Florian used. I
also sent an updated patch that applies to 0.2.6.09 to the original author
of the patch.
However I have to caution that the said patch only works with UHCI hubs that
seem to be
prevelant with x86 machines. I could not get the same patch to work with an
OHCI hub on a
powerbook running linux. So I am not sure if this should be maitained as a
patch for some
more time till it work across architectures before committing it to the CVS
tree. However
it would be nice if we can get the Brickos website to have link to the
patch. I would
also like to get my hands on Florian's patch which also has lnpd working.
I have a problem related to downloading firmware/OS to the the brick from the
usb tower using linux. If already have an OS on the brick I am unable to
download a new
copy. However if I removed the batteries and wiped out the contents of the
RAM I am able
to download a new copy of the OS. Any thoughts on this? Further the key
combination of
"Program" and "On" buttons is not earsing the OS under brickos. It works
fine under the
original firmware supplied by Lego.
On a second thought it would also be nice if the brickos website also
mentioned another
source forge project dedicated to supporting tools (binutils, gcc etc) for
the hms8300
architecture. The current instructions about debian packages seem dated and
I was unable
to get the tools to work using the debian packages.
Chandra
In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, Mark-Jan Bastian writes:
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 04:20:11PM +0100, Florian Schmidt wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > i've tried to post to the forum, but the news-server doens't accept my posting,
> > dont know why...
> >
> > i've also managed to get USB working under linux with brickos.
> >
> > dll and firmdl works.
>
> Good!
>
> > i also got lnpd to work with the linux-usb-device-file .. (i had to
> > implement the select-syscall)...
> >
> > i can make a few patches if you are interessted.
> >
> > i would sent a mail to the newsgroup if i could...
>
> I posted via the web-interface, I guess one needs a javascript browser
> for that. I like the navigation of the webinterface within threads.
>
> > i had a usb patch to legOS wich worked with 0.2.6 from fs.net.
> > i modified this patch to apply to brickos-0.2.6.09
> > with this i had a working firmdl3 and dll.
> >
> > then i wanted to use lnpd, but the lnpd uses select an the usb-
> > device files doesn't support the select call.
> >
> > i implemented the select-syscall an now lnp works. dll and firmdl are still
> > working too :))
>
> Ah, very good! Does it also support the high-speed mode ?
>
> > now i can use the simpler dll delivered with lnpd to upload my programs using
> > the lnpd.
>
> Sounds like a good setup. Can you send me your buildenvironment
> (tarball), source etc, so that I can get it working ?
> On the long-term, I get the impression legos needs a good maintainer
> to integrate all these patches and tools. I'd like to get my LegoCam
> working as well, and write some lnpd software to give feedback to
> the rcx.
>
> Mark-Jan
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