From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: Christoph Bartelmus <lirc@bartelmus.de>, awalls@radix.net,
       dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, j@jannau.net, jarod@redhat.com,
       jarod@wilsonet.com, linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
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       maximlevitsky@gmail.com, mchehab@redhat.com, stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de,
       superm1@ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] What are the goals for the architecture of an in-kernel IR  system?
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Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:40:30 +0100
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Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> writes:

>> 1. Merging the lirc drivers. The only stable thing needed is lirc
>>   interface.
>
> Doing that locks in a user space API that needs to be supported
> forever. We need to think this API through before locking it in.

Sure, that's why I wrote about the need for it to be "stable".
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Krzysztof Halasa
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