legousbtower kernel module

[Paul Fox]

alan jhonn aguiar schwyn wrote:
 > 
 > 
 > > Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 14:37:29 -0400
 > > Subject: Re: legousbtower kernel module
 > > From: walter.bender at gmail.com
 > > To: bert at freudenbergs.de
 > > CC: dsd at laptop.org; devel at lists.laptop.org; alanjas at hotmail.com; 
 > aaguirre at fing.edu.uy
 > > 
 > > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
 > > >
 > > > On 08.05.2012, at 20:09, Walter Bender wrote:
 > > >
 > > >> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Daniel Drake <dsd at laptop.org> wrote:
 > > >>> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> 
 > wrote:
 > > >>>> However, /dev/usb/lego0 is not created. The corresponding udev rule is 
 > installed by Fedora's "nqc" rpm, but it relies on the "legousbtower" kernel 
 > module.
 > > >>>>
 > > >>>> Am I doing something wrong, or is it really just that the OLPC kernel is 
 > missing that module? If so, where can I get it? Or do I have to try compiling 
 > myself?
 > > >>>
 > > >>> I just added it for the next 12.1.0 build.
 > > >>>
 > > >>> Thanks
 > > >>> Daniel
 > > >>> _______________________________________________
 > > >>> Devel mailing list
 > > >>> Devel at lists.laptop.org
 > > >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
 > > >>
 > > >> I can talk to NXT and WeDo without the kernel mode... just some udev
 > > >> rules as per:
 > > >>
 > > >> https://github.com/itdaniher/WeDoMore/tree/master/udev
 > > >>
 > > >> I think these rules are already in place??? (haven't tested on 12.x.x)
 > > >
 > > > RCX 1.0 = Infrared via serial (launched 1998)
 > > > RCX 2.0 = Infrared via USB tower (2001)
 > > > NXT = Bluetooth (2006)
 > > > WeDO = USB (2009)
 > > >
 > > > The "legousbtower" module is needed for the RCX 2.0 Infrared Tower.
 > > >
 > > > Including a udev rule might be a good idea though. Currently it is provided 
 > by the "nqc" rpm.
 > > >
 > > > OTOH, there is no Sugar activity that uses the RCX, AFAIK. Worse, I don't 
 > even know any graphical Linux application to talk to the RCX. Do you?
 > > 
 > > Will ask the Butia team. They may have done something.
 > > 
 > 
 > We use the Butia 1.0 with arduino board. For it, we don't need any special 
 > thing, because itis used with the usb like a serial device.
 > The 2.0 version of Butia, uses a PIC18F.. that we need a udev rules.Someone 
 > like this: 
 > BUS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="04d8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="000[bc]", MODE="0666"

so this is new since the last we discussed special rules.  okay.

 > The latest build of Sugar have the udev for WeDo.Could be added the NXT rules.
 > In other way, the problem with Lego is the Bluetooth dongle.The kernel not have 
 > the bluetooth kernel.

which kernel doesn't have bluetooth?  i thought we added bluetooth
support some time ago.

paul

 > Would be interesting have the kernel module in some place, and if someone want 
 > to use it,is only download and insert...
 > 
 > 
 >  		 	   		  part 2     text/plain                 129
 > _______________________________________________
 > Devel mailing list
 > Devel at lists.laptop.org
 > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

=---------------------
 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org