From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [RFC] What are the goals for the architecture of an in-kernel IR system? Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:25:43 -0800 Message-ID: <20091208172543.GA14271@core.coreip.homeip.net> References: <1260070593.3236.6.camel@pc07.localdom.local> <20091206065512.GA14651@core.coreip.homeip.net> <4B1B99A5.2080903@redhat.com> <9e4733910912060952h4aad49dake8e8486acb6566bc@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910912061323x22c618ccyf6edcee5b021cbe3@mail.gmail.com> <4B1D934E.7030103@redhat.com> <20091208042340.GC11147@core.coreip.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-px0-f189.google.com ([209.85.216.189]:42072 "EHLO mail-px0-f189.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936703AbZLHRZl (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:25:41 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Krzysztof Halasa Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Jon Smirl , hermann pitton , Christoph Bartelmus , awalls@radix.net, j@jannau.net, jarod@redhat.com, jarod@wilsonet.com, kraxel@redhat.com, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, superm1@ubuntu.com On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 02:57:15PM +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Dmitry Torokhov writes: > > > Why woudl we want to do this? Quite often there is a need for "observer" > > that maybe does not act on data but allows capturing it. Single-user > > inetrfaces are PITA. > > Lircd can work as a multiplexer. What this has to do with my statement? Did you mean retransmitter of sorts? Also I may explicitely not want the data stream to be multiplexed... > IMHO single-open lirc interface is ok, > though we obviously need simultaneous operation of in-kernel decoders. Why is the distinction? -- Dmitry