Re: [PATCH] lirc for 2.5/2.6 kernels - 20030802

[Flameeyes <dgp85@users.sourceforge.net>]

On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 23:43, Pavel Machek wrote:
> If you want to get this applied to the official tree (I hope you want
> ;-), you probably should start with smaller patch. I killed all
> drivers but lirc_gpio, to make patch smaller/easier to check.
I sent to Alan Cox the "light" patch, but the "main" patch atm I think
it's best to remain the "full" one, for tests.

> * What does "For now don't try to use as static version" comment in
>   lirc_gpio mean. Does it only work as a module?
I'm not the author of the drivers, I only took them from the lirc cvs,
and make them compile under 2.5/6 series kernel.
AFAICS it should work also in-kernel, but I can't try because I can't
set bttv in-kernel, my card isn't autodetected. (Also, bttv author
suggest to don't compile bttv in-kernel, so depending on bttv, this
driver should be compiled as a module too).

> * This looks like it should be integrated with drivers/input. After
>   all remote control is just a strange keyboard. What are reasons that
>   can't be done?
This is a port of the drivers from lirc project (http://lirc.sf.net/),
I'm not going to rewrite it, also because the support for lirc in user
software is present in many programs, like xine, xawdecode, xmms (with
plugin) and so on.
The lirc_client library is simple and flexible, and the project is
consolidated, i don't see the need to change it, also because can be a
problem for backport in the 2.4 kernels.
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