On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Greg KH wrote: > Please send me a Configure.help patch. I'm not going to accept new > drivers without it. I've attached a patch to Documentation/Configure.help and Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt against 2.5.1 > Let me know if you have a problem with these patches. > no problem at all. thanks a lot for cleaning them up. thanks, ganesh
--- linux-2.5/Documentation/Configure.help.ORG Tue Dec 18 23:40:55 2001 +++ linux-2.5/Documentation/Configure.help Tue Dec 18 23:45:06 2001 @@ -12841,6 +12841,17 @@ The module will be called visor.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. +USB Compaq iPAQ Driver +CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IPAQ + Say Y here if you want to connect to your Compaq iPAQ running + Windows CE 3.0 using a USB autosync cable. For information on using + the driver, read <file:Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt>. + + This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be + inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). + The module will be called visor.o. If you want to compile it as a + module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. + USB IR Dongle Serial Driver CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IR Say Y here if you want to enable simple serial support for USB IrDA --- linux-2.5/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt.ORG Tue Dec 18 23:43:20 2001 +++ linux-2.5/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt Wed Dec 19 00:21:29 2001 @@ -95,6 +95,66 @@ Kroah-Hartman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] +Compaq iPAQ driver + + This driver can be used to connect to Compaq iPAQ PDAs running + Windows CE 3.0 using a USB autosync cable. It has been tested only on + the Compaq H3135. It should work with the H3600 and later models too. + It may work with other CE based handhelds as well. + + The driver presents a serial interface (usually on /dev/ttyUSB0) over + which one may run ppp and establish a TCP/IP link to the iPAQ. Once this + is done, you can transfer files, backup, download email etc. The most + significant advantage of using USB is speed - you can get 73 to 113 + kbytes/sec for download/upload to the iPAQ. + + The driver works intermittently with the usb-uhci driver but quite + reliably with the uhci driver. Make sure you have the right driver + loaded - usb-uhci is often the default. + + You must setup hotplug to invoke pppd as soon as the iPAQ is connected. + A ppp script like the one below may be used: + + #!/bin/bash + + MYIP=linux.box.ip + REMOTEIP=ipaq.ip + MYDNS=my.dns.server + killall -9 pppd + /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyUSB0 \ + connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v TIMEOUT 60 CLIENT 'CLIENTSERVER\c'" \ + nocrtscts local debug passive $MYIP:$REMOTEIP ms-dns $MYDNS noauth \ + proxyarp + + You must also download and install asyncd from http://synce.sourceforge.net + This is required to emulate keep-alive packets which are exchanged by + ActiveSync and the iPAQ. + + On connecting the cable, you should see the usual "Device Connected", + "User Authenticated" messages flash by on your iPAQ. Once connected, + you can use Win CE programs like ftpView, Pocket Outlook from the iPAQ + and other synce utilities from the Linux side. Remember to enable IP + forwarding. + + To use Pocket IE, follow the instructions given at + http://www.tekguru.co.uk/EM500/usbtonet.htm to achieve the same thing + on Win98. Omit the proxy server part; Linux is quite capable of forwarding + packets unlike Win98. Another modification is required at least for the + iPAQ - disable autosync by going to the Start/Settings/Connections menu + and unchecking the "Automatically synchronize ..." box. Go to + Start/Programs/Connections, connect the cable and select "usbdial" (or + whatever you named your new USB connection). You should finally wind + up with a "Connected to usbdial" window with status shown as connected. + Now start up PIE and browse away. + + If it doesn't work for some reason, load both the usbserial and ipaq module + with the module parameter "debug" set to 1 and examine the system log. + You can also try soft-resetting your iPAQ before attempting a connection. + + For any questions or problems with the driver, please contact Ganesh + Varadarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + + Keyspan PDA Serial Adapter Single port DB-9 serial adapter, pushed as a PDA adapter for iMacs (mostly
