Re: [PATCH] Input: add appleir USB driver

[Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@gmx.de>]

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:53:47 -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:32:34PM +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:
> > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 09:13:41 -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > Does the learning remote have the same VID/PID as AppleIr? If not I am
> > > not sure why you are btringing it here.
> > 
> > It has no VID/PID at all, as it is not connected to the computer. It
> > just sends IR codes to the IR sensor in the Mac mini (the builtin USB
> > device that the appleir driver is for). And as the learning remote has
> > more than 6 keys, it can send more than 6 different codes. The Apple
> > remote has only 6 keys, and only these keys are handled by the driver.
> > 
> 
> OK, I see.. How many codes does the sensor support? We should simply
> allow for the key table big enough and allow userpsace to
> assign/modify keycodes.

I have no idea. I currently don't have access to my lircd.conf, but
IIRC the keycodes differ in 2 changing bytes.

Regards,
Tino