From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>,
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       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
       maximlevitsky@gmail.com, mchehab@redhat.com, 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 21:21:57 +0100
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	(Jon Smirl's message of "Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:08:40 -0500")
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Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> writes:

> We have one IR receiver device and multiple remotes. How does the
> input system know how many devices to create corresponding to how many
> remotes you have? There is no current mechanism to do that. You need
> an input device for each remote so that you can do the EVIOCSKEYCODE
> against it. Some type of "create subdevice" IOCTL will need to be
> built.

Thinking about it, I'm not sure. Why do we want multiple remote devices?
(not multiple remotes, that's clear).
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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