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

Jon Smirl
2009-11-28T17:37:38Z

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> wrote:
> 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.

Doing that locks in a user space API that needs to be supported
forever. We need to think this API through before locking it in.

> 2. Changing IR input layer interface ("media" drivers and adding to lirc
>   drivers).
> --
> Krzysztof Halasa
>

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