From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:33120 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756021AbZKWWxF (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:53:05 -0500 From: Krzysztof Halasa To: Devin Heitmueller 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 Subject: Re: [RFC] Should we create a raw input interface for IR's ? - Was: Re: [PATCH 1/3 v2] lirc core device driver infrastructure References: <829197380911231354y764e01b7hc0c5721b3ebf1f26@mail.gmail.com> <829197380911231437v909a111rcc2967af3e4fffa2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:53:08 +0100 In-Reply-To: <829197380911231437v909a111rcc2967af3e4fffa2@mail.gmail.com> (Devin Heitmueller's message of "Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:37:00 -0500") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Devin Heitmueller writes: > For example, you might want the IR receiver to be listening for codes > using the "Universal Remote Control XYZ" profile and the IR > transmitter pretending to be "Cable Company Remote Control ABC" when > blasting IR codes to the cable box. Ideally, there would be a single > shared database of the definitions of the remote controls, regardless > of whether you are IR receiving or transmitting. Well, with different receivers, the maps must certainly be different. There can be single database in the userspace but the kernel must be uploaded the relevant info only. -- Krzysztof Halasa