Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272622AbTHKOrg (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:47:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272697AbTHKOqm (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:46:42 -0400 Received: from www.13thfloor.at ([212.16.59.250]:41659 "EHLO www.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272670AbTHKOm6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:42:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:42:42 +0200 From: Herbert =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=F6tzl?= To: Flameeyes Cc: Pavel Machek , Christoph Bartelmus , LIRC list , LKML , vojtech@suse.cz Subject: Re: [PATCH] lirc for 2.5/2.6 kernels - 20030802 Message-ID: <20030811144242.GE4562@www.13thfloor.at> Reply-To: herbert@13thfloor.at Mail-Followup-To: Flameeyes , Pavel Machek , Christoph Bartelmus , LIRC list , LKML , vojtech@suse.cz References: <1059820741.3116.24.camel@laurelin> <20030807214311.GC211@elf.ucw.cz> <1060334463.5037.13.camel@defiant.flameeyes> <20030808231733.GF389@elf.ucw.cz> <8rZ2nqa1z9B@hit-columbus.hit.handshake.de> <20030811124744.GB1733@elf.ucw.cz> <1060607466.5035.8.camel@defiant.flameeyes> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1060607466.5035.8.camel@defiant.flameeyes> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1688 Lines: 42 On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 03:11:07PM +0200, Flameeyes wrote: > On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 14:47, Pavel Machek wrote: > > I converted lirc_gpio into input/ layer (and killed support for > > hardware I do not have; sorry but it was essential to keep code > > small). Ported driver looks like this; I believe it looks better than > > old code. Patch is here. > You can here see the problem... not all tv cards use the same remote, > the switch doesn't work with my remote for example, so we have 2 > possibilities: > > a) hardcode all the possible remotes adding these as new one come up, > this is a big work in the kernel source, and also we lost compatibility > with remotes that use the same frequency of the ones with the tv card, > and that now can be used. > > b) create an userspace utility that read the input layer for codes an > then translates them in user-definable commands. This is what lircd do > now... what about c) hardcode the basic decoding and use a mapping table which can be configure from userspace ... (like dvbs haupauge or xmodmap) best, Herbert > IMHO, the solution used now is the more flexible of the two. > -- > Flameeyes > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/