Re: [RFC] What are the goals for the architecture of an in-kernel IR system?

Krzysztof Halasa
2009-11-28T19:55:00Z

Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> writes:

> EVIOCSKEYCODE is lacking, first parameter is an INT. Some decoded IR
> codes are over 32b. Christoph posted an example that needs 128b.

This only means that the existing interface is limited.

> This
> is a problem with ioctls, they change size depending on platform and
> endianess.

But not this: you can use fixed-width u16, u32, u64 and e.g. u8[x].
I don't know an arch which changes int sizes depending on endianness,
is there any?
32/64 binary compatibility needs some minimal effort.
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Krzysztof Halasa