On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 10:10:07PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > On 2/12/07, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 03:20:20PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > >> Most drivers for USB IR remote controls are out of tree. They are > >located here: > >> http://www.lirc.org/ > >> > >> Why aren't these in-tree? > > > >Because the lirc developers do not have the time to submit them upstream > >:( > > > >Feel free to clean them up and work with the developers to get them > >upstream, I tried over a year ago and gave up... > > How should IR receivers be handled in the kernel? For example the > ati_remote2 support already in the kernel has a mapping table like > this for keys that get passed up through evdev. > > static struct { > int hw_code; > int key_code; > } ati_remote2_key_table[] = { > { 0x00, KEY_0 }, > { 0x01, KEY_1 }, > { 0x02, KEY_2 }, > { 0x03, KEY_3 }, > { 0x04, KEY_4 }, > { 0x05, KEY_5 }, > { 0x06, KEY_6 }, > > This model breaks down when you point remotes from different > manufacturers at the receiver. > > You want a model more along the lines of: > 1) receiving a xmit with a new manufacturer id cases an evdev device > to be dynamically created > 2) wait for user space to load a mapping table into new device (udev event?) > 3) now start passing mapped events on up to user space. > > LIRC passes up the full event to user space and then uses tables to > decode it there. But that model eliminates using evdev.
I don't know what model to use, ask the input subsystem developers :) thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
