Re: [coldsync-hackers] ColdSync, OpenBSD and USB

[Michael Lestinsky <michael at lestinsky dot de>]

Am 16.07.'02 schrieb Billy D'Augustine:
> Has anyone been able to get ColdSync working under OpenBSD via USB? I've
> started playing around with it, but wasn't able to get far. The device
> names for OpenBSD are similar to FreeBSD, except that there is no
> /dev/ugen0, rather there are /dev/ugen0.[00..15]. I tried making a link
> from /dev/ugen0.02 to /dev/ugen to see what happens, but was given the
> error message that /dev/ugen0.2 doesn't exist?

UVISOR(4)                 OpenBSD Programmer's Manual                 UVISOR(4)

NAME
     uvisor - USB support for the Handspring Visor

SYNOPSIS
     uvisor* at uhub?
     ucom*   at uvisor?

DESCRIPTION
     The uvisor driver provides support for the Handspring Visor, a Palmpilot
     compatible PDA.

     The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave
     like a tty(4). The usual Pilot tools can be used to access the Visor.

SEE ALSO
     tty(4), ucom(4), usb(4)

HISTORY
     The uvisor driver appeared in NetBSD 1.5.  OpenBSD support was added in
     OpenBSD 2.8.

OpenBSD 3.1                     March 10, 2000                               1

That driver is in the GENERIC kernel, IIRC.

No, this particular machine has no Visor attached, so I can't tell you 
if it really works. A Problem might arise depending on your PDA-Model. 
My Visor Edge connects to the US-Bus only after pushing the Hotsync 
button. And the kernel connects /dev/ucom* to the proper driver. When 
you invoke coldsync from the command line there is no /dev/ucom* at that 
moment and it bails out. OpenBSD has no usbd, which would solve that 
problem.

Bye
Michael

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