* RE: zilog and IR
2011-01-08 15:19 ` zilog and IR Andy Walls
@ 2011-01-08 20:34 ` Jason Gauthier
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From: Jason Gauthier @ 2011-01-08 20:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andy Walls; +Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 10:44 -0500, Jason Gauthier wrote:
>> Andy,
>>
>> Firstly, I apologize for reaching out to you directly.
>The list could have answered this, so I adding the Cc:.
At the time of my searches, and the results, it was not apparent to me there was any mailing list associated with the information I uncovered.
I'm not a member, and this response might not be allowed.
>BTW, I normally ignore direct emails asking for free support, as the
>N-to-1 free support problem is too costly for me personally. The N-to-M
>free support problem on the list is a little easier to bear, and is
>consistent with Linux's community development model.
There isn't any more agreement I can have on the N-to-1 model (see above!)
>> I stumbled into your git tree, which looks like it does exactly what
>> I want.
>But it doesn't. It's a bleeding edge tree of mine used to develop a
>changeset. Be warned that such trees come with no guarantees that at
>any one moment in time it will compile and not damage your hardware.
I don't remember any part of Linux coming with a guarantee (other than having fun) ;)
>I only subjected the changes to personal review, compilation check, and
>inspection by others on the list. That was sufficient for me for
>software defect removal, since the change was a cut-and-paste from the
>cx18 and ivtv modules and the code is not yet called by hdpvr anyway.
Noted!
>> I grabbed the source but, unfortunately, it is not compiling for me
>> because one of the constants is not defined.
>>
>> in hdprv_new_i2c_ir, the line:
>> init_data->type = RC_TYPE_RC5;
>> I have not been able to find any traces of RC_TYPE_RC5 in my 2.6.37
>> kernel source.
>> Is this a #define that you've made specific to your git tree?
>No:
>http://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git?a=commit;h=e58462f45e39e01799d8b1ebab4816bd0ca68ddc
>That media_tree.git repository is the bleeding edge tree recommended for
>developers and advanced users wanting the latest drivers.
I found the #define in the git tree. It was in rc-media.h
>The alternate is the media_build.git repository when has ability to
>build the modules with some not so old kernels.
Again, thanks for your response!
I am going to sub to the list, and do some follow up if I haven't been successful.
Jason
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