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STUIRDA(4)              NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual             STUIRDA(4)


NAME
stuirda -- Sigmaltel 4116/4220 USB-IrDA bridge support
SYNOPSIS
stuirda* at uhub? irframe* at uirda?
DESCRIPTION
The stuirda driver provides support for SigmaTels USB-IrDA bridges that nearly follow the bridge specification: SigmaTel ST4116 SigmaTel ST4210 SigmaTel ST4220 Access to the IrDA device is through the irframe(4) driver. Before accessing it, a firmware patch must be downloaded. At the time of writ- ing this, it can be found at: http://www.sigmatel.com/documents/stir4210_4220_4116_patch_files.tar.gz Unpack the archive with tar -C /libdata/firmware/stuirda/ -xzf stir4210_4220_4116_patch_files.tar.gz
SEE ALSO
irframe(4), usb(4)
HISTORY
The stuirda driver appeared in NetBSD 5.0.
BUGS
stuirda needs the firmware for configuration, so it can't be loaded at kernel startup time. As a workaround, you can plug in the USB-IrDA- bridge after booting. NetBSD 9.1 October 13, 2008 NetBSD 9.1
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