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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] [media] ir-rx51: port to rc-core
To: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
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From: Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com>
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Hi,

On 20.12.2016 19:50, Sean Young wrote:
> This driver was written using lirc since rc-core did not support
> transmitter-only hardware at that time. Now that it does, port
> this driver.
>
> Compile tested only.
>

I guess after that change, there will be no more /dev/lircN device, 
right? Neither will LIRC_XXX IOCTL codes be supported?

That looks to me as a completely new driver, not a port to new API.

Right now there are applications using the current behaviour (pierogi 
for example), which will be broken by the change.

Ivo