Re: 2.6 input drivers FAQ (ir-kbd-gpio.ko)

Gerd Knorr
2004-02-17T09:45:23Z

> > The following is not a problem, but a question I have been unable to
> > answer by myself. Is with respect to the recent addition of "input layer
> > based support for infrared remote controls", mainly for use with TV
> > tuner cards based on bttv.

> Exactly. With this driver, this is just another keyboard, not lirc
> device. You should not need lircd.

The cvs version can also work with the linux event layer, so it is
possible to use lircd if you want. It isn't mandatory through.

Documentation/video4linux/README.ir has some more notes.

Gerd