Re: RC-core ".driver_name"

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>]

Em 26-05-2012 08:32, Antti Palosaari escreveu:
> Is there any reason RC-core .driver_name should be set as a module name which registers remote?
> 
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> 
> I see .driver_name is passed to the hotplug:
> if (dev->driver_name)
>     ADD_HOTPLUG_VAR("DRV_NAME=%s", dev->driver_name);
> 
> 
> ir-keytable command shows that name:
> # ir-keytable
>     Driver af9015, table rc-digitalnow-tinytwin
> 
> 
> I would like to use set name same as the device name - not the driver name. And af9015 is not the module name, correct is IMHO dvb_usb_af9015.


The RC hot-plug logic was conceived to use 2 parameters to decide what's the
right keytable to be loaded on userspace:
	- an unique per-driver string;
	- an unique per-board string.

On your above example, the per-driver string is "af9015", and the per-board one is "rc-digitalnow-tinytwin".

With those two strings, userspace can uniquely associate a keytable with the driver.

The ir-keytable tool also allows saying that everything on with "af9015" will use a
certain keytable, with this syntax at /etc/rc_maps.cfg:

af9015	*				./keycodes/rc5_hauppauge

So, I don't see any reason to change.

Also, changing it will break userspace API, as an old ir-keytable won't properly
handle the tables on a new Kernel. So, it is too late to change it.

Regards,
Mauro