From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Krzysztof Halasa Subject: Re: [RFC] Should we create a raw input interface for IR's ? - Was: Re: [PATCH 1/3 v2] lirc core device driver infrastructure Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:45:44 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1259024037.3871.36.camel@palomino.walls.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:55923 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754227AbZKYQpl (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:45:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1259024037.3871.36.camel@palomino.walls.org> (Andy Walls's message of "Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:53:57 -0500") Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Andy Walls Cc: Christoph Bartelmus , dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, j@jannau.net, jarod@redhat.com, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, mchehab@redhat.com, superm1@ubuntu.com Andy Walls writes: > I would also note that RC-6 Mode 6A, used by most MCE remotes, was > developed by Philips, but Microsoft has some sort of licensing interest > in it and it is almost surely encumbered somwhow: I don't know about legal problems in some countries but from the technical POV handling the protocol in the kernel is more efficient or (/and) simpler. -- Krzysztof Halasa