Re: [PATCH 2/2] [media] rc-core: change enabled_protocol default setting

["David Härdeman" <david@hardeman.nu>]

On 2014-10-19 12:21, Tomas Melin wrote:
> Change default setting for enabled protocols.
> Instead of enabling all protocols, disable all except lirc during 
> registration.
> Reduces overhead since all protocols not handled by default.
> Protocol to use will be enabled when keycode table is written by 
> userspace.

I can see the appeal in this, but now you've disabled automatic decoding 
for the protocol specified by the keymap for raw drivers? So this would 
also be a change, right?

I agree with Mauro that the "proper" long-term fix would be to teach the 
LIRC userspace daemon to enable the lirc protocol as/when necessary, but 
something similar to the patch below (but lirc + keymap protocol...if 
that's possible to implement in a non-intrusive manner, I haven't 
checked TBH) might be a good idea as an interim measure?


> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Melin <tomas.melin@iki.fi>
> ---
>  drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c 
> b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
> index a118539..63d23d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
> @@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ int ir_raw_event_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> 
>  	dev->raw->dev = dev;
> -	dev->enabled_protocols = ~0;
> +	/* by default, disable all but lirc*/
> +	dev->enabled_protocols = RC_BIT_LIRC;
>  	rc = kfifo_alloc(&dev->raw->kfifo,
>  			 sizeof(struct ir_raw_event) * MAX_IR_EVENT_SIZE,
>  			 GFP_KERNEL);