Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755319AbZLHN5R (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:57:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755191AbZLHN5Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:57:16 -0500 Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:49592 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755180AbZLHN5P (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:57:15 -0500 From: Krzysztof Halasa To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Jon Smirl , hermann pitton , Christoph Bartelmus , awalls@radix.net, j@jannau.net, jarod@redhat.com, jarod@wilsonet.com, kraxel@redhat.com, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, superm1@ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [RFC] What are the goals for the architecture of an in-kernel IR system? References: <9e4733910912041628g5bedc9d2jbee3b0861aeb5511@mail.gmail.com> <1260070593.3236.6.camel@pc07.localdom.local> <20091206065512.GA14651@core.coreip.homeip.net> <4B1B99A5.2080903@redhat.com> <9e4733910912060952h4aad49dake8e8486acb6566bc@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910912061323x22c618ccyf6edcee5b021cbe3@mail.gmail.com> <4B1D934E.7030103@redhat.com> <20091208042340.GC11147@core.coreip.homeip.net> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:57:15 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20091208042340.GC11147@core.coreip.homeip.net> (Dmitry Torokhov's message of "Mon, 7 Dec 2009 20:23:40 -0800") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 632 Lines: 15 Dmitry Torokhov writes: > Why woudl we want to do this? Quite often there is a need for "observer" > that maybe does not act on data but allows capturing it. Single-user > inetrfaces are PITA. Lircd can work as a multiplexer. IMHO single-open lirc interface is ok, though we obviously need simultaneous operation of in-kernel decoders. -- Krzysztof Halasa -- 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/