Re: [coldsync-hackers] Sony T415 and FreeBSD..

["Cliff L. Biffle" <cbiffle at safety dot net>]

On Wednesday 20 March 2002 09:54 am, you wrote:
> > I just picked up a fresh T415 last night, absolutly no problems syncing
> > under coldsync 2.2.5 w/ linux 2.4.18.
>
> OK, so that must mean it's a FreeBSD 4.4 Rel. thing with the USB port.

As far as I can tell, the Linux versions (ymmv) use a module called uvisor 
which was designed for the Handspring line of devices and abstracts the 
communications protocol.  (Corrections welcome.)  The FreeBSD version does 
not have the benefit of such a module (I'm not sure loading a visor module 
into the kernel seems like a good thing anyway), and thus coldsync on FreeBSD 
hammers raw protocol on the line.

In any case, it's not an issue with FreeBSD's USB implementation, because 
I've gotten my T415 and (now) 615 to sync quite happily on 4.5-RELEASE and 
4.4-STABLE.  The patches have not yet been cleaned up (as far as I can tell, 
there are three FreeBSD users on the list, and the Linux crowd, for obvious 
reasons, is less than interested in the patch), but I could try to get them 
to you if you want.  Keep in mind that they're quite alpha. :-)

-Cliff Biffle

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