Re: Linux and remote control device

Francis Moreau
2008-01-22T20:01:40Z

On Jan 22, 2008 8:32 PM, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 01/22/2008 03:01 AM, Francis Moreau wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to add support for my Infrared remote control to Linux.
> >
> > So far I only see LIRCD project that make the kernel support
> > such device but I'm not sure if this project is the best choice
> > since it's not part of mainline kernels. And there are certainly
> > good reasons which I'm not aware of.
> >
>
> lirc is being worked on and is nearly ready for upstream submission.
>

Really ?

I'm wondering why lirc doesn't use the input subsystem, do you have any ideas ?

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Francis