From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754744AbYIJNOu (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:14:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752343AbYIJNOj (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:14:39 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:44453 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751075AbYIJNOi (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:14:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:14:32 -0400 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Jarod Wilson Cc: Ville Syrj?l? , Janne Grunau , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Bartelmus Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/18] lirc driver for the ATI USB RF remote receiver Message-ID: <20080910131432.GA2161@infradead.org> References: <1220933164-10160-1-git-send-email-jwilson@redhat.com> <1220933164-10160-7-git-send-email-jwilson@redhat.com> <20080910095832.GA22422@sci.fi> <200809100905.58304.jwilson@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200809100905.58304.jwilson@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 09:05:58AM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > 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. Bad idea to have two drivers for the same piece of hardware. And this gets straight back into the why should lirc be different from the input layer point raised earlies. I think we really shouldn't keep lirc as a separate subsystem, but make sure all the drivers are written to the input layer. To make the migration easier for exiting users we could add a /dev/lirc driver ontop of the input layer, similar to how the ps2 mouse and joystick drivers sit ontop of the input core.