legousbtower kernel module

Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn alanjas at hotmail.com
Tue May 8 19:08:12 EDT 2012




> To: alanjas at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: legousbtower kernel module
> From: pgf at laptop.org
> CC: walter.bender at gmail.com; bert at freudenbergs.de; aaguirre at fing.edu.uy; devel at lists.laptop.org
> Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 17:39:14 -0400
> 
> 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
>  > > >>> _______________________________________________
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>  > > >>
>  > > >> 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.

The 3.0.19 for XO 1.75 not have.. In others.. I don't know..

 		 	   		  
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