>> Personally I have. >> I think that the reason why it doesn't work this way is because the >> chip for it is a BCM4750 >> http://www.broadcom.com/products/GPS/GPS-Silicon-Solutions/BCM4750 >> that *I think* need another positioning source as well as the GPS. >> (Wireless with skyhook ?) > I highly doubt it. The GPS works fine even if there is not internet > connection (and no wifi network around). It just works a bit faster if > it can download the satellite positions (LTO's) beforehand. Ok, it make more sense. >> In Windows it seems that the serial port associated with the cp210x >> module cannot communicate NMEA string in hyperterminal but a Virtual >> COM port is able to output it... > Do not mistake, in Windows, there is a fake NMEA GPS on com4, which > agglomerates wifi and GPS info. The actual GPS is on com3, and uses a > special protocol (which you can observe by using a serial port sniffer app). Basically that's also what I had observed, I'll use the information provided in the other email to see if I can figure out a way to get its data. If a lot of android phone is using this chip... there is surely a way to get it to work properly on the netbook... Sylvain -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
