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Re: USB tower/Linux/Firmdl not working nicely together
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
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Sat, 6 Mar 2004 08:50:25 GMT
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Definitely interested in helping you test when it's working.
Regards,
Mark.
On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 03:59, Stephen M Moraco wrote:
> Bart,
>
> In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, Bart Friederichs wrote:
> >
> > when I try to upload brickOS.srec to the RCX (2.0) using a patched
> > version of firmdl3 that understands /dev/usb/legousbtower0 I get the
> > following output:
>
> The problem is that USB tower on linux is not supported by firmdl3/dll
> at the moment. I'm working on that capability now. If I can, my intent
> is to have it work for 2.4 (user added driver) and 2.6 (built-in driver)
> kernels.
>
> The USB tower has been supported on Windows for some time now, it
> was never completed on Linux due to lack of drivers at the time.
>
> I only have a little time each week but I'm not too far away from this
> working. I started with patches for legos-0.2.6 and had to recreate
> the changes in brickos-0.2.6.10.5 I'm almost there... ;-)
>
> As soon a I have success, I'll make something available...
>
> Watch this space?
>
> Any of you have USB tower on Linux working with NQC? (or other
> language system?) Please let me know what you are using...
>
> Anybody interested in helping me test when I first find success?
>
> Regards,
> Stephen
> --
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The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own
thinking.
-- Christopher Morley
Mark Syms <mark@marksyms.demon.co.uk>
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