Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:37:05 -0400 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 06/18] lirc driver for the ATI USB RF remote receiver |
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On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 05:08:31PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 09:05:58AM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > On Wednesday 10 September 2008 05:58:32 Ville Syrjälä wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 12:05:51AM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > > > +config LIRC_ATIUSB > > > > + tristate "ATI RF USB Receiver support" > > > > + default n > > > > + depends on LIRC_DEV > > > > + help > > > > + Driver for the ATI USB RF remote receiver > > > > + > > > > > > We already have proper input drivers for these devices (ati_remote and > > > ati_remote2). > > > > True, though I think some users still prefer using them with the lirc drivers > > for assorted reasons. Configuring something like mythtv to work with the > > ati_remote{,2} driver appears to be a bit more complex (or at least non- > > standard vs. several other popular remotes) and not as functional vs. > > configuring mythtv w/lirc_atiusb. > > > > http://evuraan.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-use-ati-remote-wonder-ii- > > remote.html > > The X11 limitations are unfortunate but they can be worked around with > keymap support in the kernel driver.
X's evdev support is also maturing and hopefully hotplug support will be implemented soon.
> ati_remote2 keymap patch is somewhere > on it's way upstream as we speak. Not sure about ati_remote though. >
Yeah, its in my "next" branch, waiting for .28 to open.
> Furthermore if lirc can already handle input from event devices then the > lirc_atiusb drivers are simply not needed. > > -- > Ville Syrjälä > syrjala@sci.fi > http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ > -- > 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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