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Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:47:22 +0100
From: "Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com>
To: "Vojtech Pavlik" <vojtech@suse.cz>
Subject: Re: Linux and remote control device
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On Jan 22, 2008 9:19 AM, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 09:01:10AM +0100, Francis Moreau wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to add support for my Infrared remote control to Linux.
> >
> > So far I only see LIRCD project that make the kernel support
> > such device but I'm not sure if this project is the best choice
> > since it's not part of mainline kernels. And there are certainly
> > good reasons which I'm not aware of.
> >
> > Another possibility is to make the remote controle device an input
> > device. But I see several flaws:
> >
> > - The IR receiver on my board can't be use as a transmitter any
> > more
>
> The input subsystem moves events in both directions. It would need some
> additional hacking to work with IR transmitters, but it might be
> possible.
>
> > - All scancodes are embedded in the kernel.
>
> While they reside in the kernel, they can be changed from userspace.
>
> > Do you think it's still the way to go despite the 2 points raised above ?
>
> It might be, but I'm not 100% convinced either.
>

All your answers sound good however.

Could you please tell me why you're not sure ?

-- 
Francis
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