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

Krzysztof Halasa
2009-11-28T17:35:01Z

Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> writes:

> There are two very basic things that we need to reach consensus on first.
>
> 1) Unification with mouse/keyboard in evdev - put IR on equal footing.
> 2) Specific tools (xmodmap, setkeycodes, etc or the LIRC ones) or
> generic tools (ls, mkdir, echo) for configuration

I think we can do this gradually:
1. Merging the lirc drivers. The only stable thing needed is lirc
interface.
2. Changing IR input layer interface ("media" drivers and adding to lirc
drivers).
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Krzysztof Halasa