Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272770AbTHKPmK (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:42:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272776AbTHKPmK (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:42:10 -0400 Received: from smtp-out1.iol.cz ([194.228.2.86]:42629 "EHLO smtp-out1.iol.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272770AbTHKPmD (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:42:03 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:41:43 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Flameeyes , Christoph Bartelmus , LIRC list , LKML , vojtech@suse.cz Subject: Re: [PATCH] lirc for 2.5/2.6 kernels - 20030802 Message-ID: <20030811154143.GD2627@elf.ucw.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> <20030811144242.GE4562@www.13thfloor.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030811144242.GE4562@www.13thfloor.at> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1571 Lines: 39 Hi! > > > 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) Acceptable, too; but I'd like remotes to work out-of-the-box, without any config. Of course, if you have homemade serial receiver, you should still be able to use it, but in such case lircd solution is acceptable. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - 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/