Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761028AbYAVKn4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:43:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757379AbYAVKnr (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:43:47 -0500 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:36558 "EHLO mail.suse.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757330AbYAVKnq (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:43:46 -0500 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:43:40 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Francis Moreau Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux and remote control device Message-ID: <20080122104340.GA6921@suse.cz> References: <38b2ab8a0801220001t284c41bdo42b534599249df2a@mail.gmail.com> <20080122081931.GC5591@suse.cz> <38b2ab8a0801220147g15aba253g663a697c80b90397@mail.gmail.com> <20080122101415.GD6323@suse.cz> <38b2ab8a0801220220j250852e4y7b34c806dd4e72f5@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <38b2ab8a0801220220j250852e4y7b34c806dd4e72f5@mail.gmail.com> X-Bounce-Cookie: It's a lemon tree, dear Watson! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 806 Lines: 20 On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 11:20:53AM +0100, Francis Moreau wrote: > > It would still limit the IR ability to sending/receiving "just" > > keypresses. You may want to send and receive more (arbitrary data) over > > an IR dongle attached to the machine. > > Don't know about such devices. The device I actually have, an infrared > remote control, seems simple enough to use the input device model. I > have a wheel on it but I think I can make it work too... Yes, wheel isn't a problem. I should have said 'input events'. -- Vojtech Pavlik Director SuSE Labs -- 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/