Re: [coldsync-hackers] [FreeBSD / Clie] PEG-T415 behavior

[Greg KH <greg at kroah dot com>]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:11:32AM -0700, Cliff L. Biffle wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 March 2002 10:22 am, you wrote:
> > I've tried with the S320, T415, and N610C and have had no problems
> > whatsoever, under linux that is... sorry that doesn't help you out too much
> > with freebsd.
> 
> Interesting!  So the difference probably lies in the fact that Linux has the 
> visor kernel module, while FreeBSD does not (as far as I can tell).  I 
> suspect that the visor mod sources would be quite useful here.

The source is freely available :)
I did talk with someone a while ago about getting support for the 4.0 OS
devices into one of the BSDs, but never heard how it went.  I am glad to
help out with any questions about the visor driver that anyone might
have.

A patch for coldsync to use libusb was posted here a while ago.  That
might enable your device to work, as libusb works on both *BSD and
Linux.

> > I can say though that the driver used to support the Clie was also needed
> > to support the M505+ and Handspring devices via USB, and have heard of some
> > success using those under FreeBSD, using coldsync 2.2.5.
> 
> Really?  From what I can tell (from the dumps) the protocol used to 
> communicate with the Clie (4.1) seems quite different from that used to 
> communicate with my Visor Platinum (3.5.2).  I used to be able to sync my 
> Plat against the BSD box here.  I wonder what the connection is?

Correct, the protocol is quite different.  But coldsync handles it just
fine if you tell it that it is a 'simple' or 'net' device.

Good luck,

greg k-h

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