dongles you will have to start irattach like this:
"irattach -d tekram".
+config TOIM3232_DONGLE
+ tristate "TOIM3232 IrDa dongle"
+ depends on DONGLE && IRDA
+ help
+ Say Y here if you want to build support for the Vishay/Temic
+ TOIM3232 and TOIM4232 based dongles.
+ To compile it as a module, choose M here.
+
config LITELINK_DONGLE
tristate "Parallax LiteLink dongle"
depends on DONGLE && IRDA