[linux-dvb] Re: another patch for remote control with rev 2.1

[Christoph Martin]

Ralph Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>  > One other thing is that i do not understand why you would add the LIRC
>  > driver's code inside the dvb driver instead of adding a new module to the
>  > LIRC code (like for the other TV card if i understand) ?
> 
> Because the infra-red events don't come from the I2C bus or the GPIO
> port as on those other cards. There is no way you could hack the 
> DEBI DMA needed on the DVB card into another driver and still have
> everything else work.

Whould it be possible that IR_handle in dvb.c writes into an exported
variable (irdata in my patch) or into a ringbuffer to were an exported
pointer points?  Would it then be possible to have a separate module?

Christoph


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