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

["Herbert Pötzl" <herbert@13thfloor.at>]

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>
> 
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