legousbtower kernel module
Paul Fox
pgf at laptop.org
Tue May 8 20:39:48 EDT 2012
alan jhonn aguiar schwyn wrote:
>
>
> And there are support for XO 1.0 and 1.5 ??
it seems that it didn't make it into 11.3.0.
but it is in 11.3.1.
paul
>
> > To: greenfeld at laptop.org
> > Subject: Re: legousbtower kernel module
> > From: pgf at laptop.org
> > CC: alanjas at hotmail.com; aaguirre at fing.edu.uy; devel at lists.laptop.org
> > Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 20:22:20 -0400
> >
> > samuel wrote:
> > > I plugged a Belkin (Broadcom-based) USB Bluetooth adapter into two XO-1.75s
> > > running reasonably current 3.0.19 kernels (on 11.3.1 os3x builds), as well
> > > a XO-1.5 running a 3.3.2 kernel (on 12.1.0 os8), and all of them recognized
> > > the adapter.
> >
> > thanks for confirming, sam. i enabled bluetooth in early february on
> > our 1.75 branches. 40ef541 and d1501e7 on arm-3.0-ramp and
> > arm-3.0-wip, respectively.
> >
> > there's no bluetooth support in build 883 (aka 11.3.0) from last
> > october, but there's no support for a lot of things for 1.75 in 11.3.0.
> >
> > >
> > > The driver used was btusb.
> > >
> > > What build are you using and is this the Lego-supplied Bluetooth dongle not
> > > working?
> > >
> > > If it is the latter, I do not believe I have one available for me to test
> > > with.
> >
> > the folks at lego told us that "their" dongle is one of the really
> > common ones -- i don't recall which right now, but we have one at the
> > office, and it definitely worked when i added the support. i tested
> > several others as well.
> >
> > paul
> >
> > >
> > > ---
> > > SJG
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn <
> > > alanjas at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > 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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