From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753172AbYIJOIm (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:08:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751767AbYIJOIe (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:08:34 -0400 Received: from smtp5.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.39]:56147 "EHLO smtp5.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751729AbYIJOId (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:08:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:08:31 +0300 From: Ville =?iso-8859-1?Q?Syrj=E4l=E4?= To: Jarod Wilson Cc: 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: <20080910140831.GB22422@sci.fi> Mail-Followup-To: Ville =?iso-8859-1?Q?Syrj=E4l=E4?= , Jarod Wilson , Janne Grunau , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Bartelmus 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=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200809100905.58304.jwilson@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) 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: > On Wednesday 10 September 2008 05:58:32 Ville Syrjälä wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 12:05:51AM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > > +config LIRC_ATIUSB > > > + tristate "ATI RF USB Receiver support" > > > + default n > > > + depends on LIRC_DEV > > > + help > > > + Driver for the ATI USB RF remote receiver > > > + > > > > We already have proper input drivers for these devices (ati_remote and > > ati_remote2). > > 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. > > http://evuraan.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-use-ati-remote-wonder-ii- > remote.html The X11 limitations are unfortunate but they can be worked around with keymap support in the kernel driver. ati_remote2 keymap patch is somewhere on it's way upstream as we speak. Not sure about ati_remote though. Furthermore if lirc can already handle input from event devices then the lirc_atiusb drivers are simply not needed. -- Ville Syrjälä syrjala@sci.fi http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/