Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:42:42 +0200 | From | Herbert Pötzl <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] lirc for 2.5/2.6 kernels - 20030802 |
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 03:11:07PM +0200, Flameeyes wrote: > On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 14:47, Pavel Machek wrote: > > I converted lirc_gpio into input/ layer (and killed support for > > hardware I do not have; sorry but it was essential to keep code > > small). Ported driver looks like this; I believe it looks better than > > old code. Patch is here. > You can here see the problem... not all tv cards use the same remote, > the switch doesn't work with my remote for example, so we have 2 > possibilities: > > a) hardcode all the possible remotes adding these as new one come up, > this is a big work in the kernel source, and also we lost compatibility > with remotes that use the same frequency of the ones with the tv card, > and that now can be used. > > b) create an userspace utility that read the input layer for codes an > then translates them in user-definable commands. This is what lircd do > now...
what about
c) hardcode the basic decoding and use a mapping table which can be configure from userspace ... (like dvbs haupauge or xmodmap)
best, Herbert
> IMHO, the solution used now is the more flexible of the two. > -- > Flameeyes <dgp85@users.sf.net> > > - > 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/ - 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/
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