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From: Jarod Wilson <jwilson@redhat.com>
To: Christoph Bartelmus <lirc@bartelmus.de>
Cc: j@jannau.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	lkml@ml.breakpoint.cc, superm1@ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/18] lirc core device driver infrastructure
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:09:51 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200809111509.51901.jwilson@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AlfDffi3jFB@christoph>

On Thursday 11 September 2008 14:30:00 Christoph Bartelmus wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on 09 Sep 08 at 13:03, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 09 September 2008 03:40:18 Sebastian Siewior wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >>>+EXTRA_CFLAGS =-DIRCTL_DEV_MAJOR=61 -DLIRC_SERIAL_TRANSMITTER -I$(src)
> >>
> >> Do you rely on this specific major? Since your daemon opens /dev/lirc0
> >> you don't need a fixed major do you?
> >
> > Good question. Quite honestly, I'm not sure. Christoph?
>
> LIRC does not rely on a specific major. But to be honest, the last time I
> looked into this issue, was when devfs was bleeding-edge...
>
> So, we need some advice here how to proceed. Should we try to register an
> official major number for LIRC? Should we try to have a minor number
> mapping, e.g.
> /dev/lirc/serial/0 LIRC device on 1st UART serial port
> ...
> /dev/lirc/serial/n LIRC device on n-th UART serial port
> /dev/lirc/parallel/0 LIRC device on 1st parallel port
> ...
> /dev/lirc/parallel/n LIRC device on n-th parallel port
> /dev/lirc/usb/0 1st LIRC USB device
> ...

Janne took a crack at dynamic device allocation earlier today, committed into 
my git tree:

http://git.wilsonet.com/linux-2.6-
lirc.git/?a=commitdiff;h=ea74897bf7b03e2ed2401df3815637caa0702eab

Haven't yet tested it out, that's on tap for tonight...

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod@redhat.com


  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-11 19:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-09  4:05 [PATCH 0/18] linux infrared remote control drivers Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05 ` [PATCH 01/18] lirc core device driver infrastructure Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05   ` [PATCH 02/18] lirc serial port receiver/transmitter device driver Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05     ` [PATCH 03/18] lirc driver for 1st-gen Media Center Ed. USB IR transceivers Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05       ` [PATCH 04/18] lirc driver for 2nd-gen and later " Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05         ` [PATCH 05/18] lirc driver for i2c-based IR receivers Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05           ` [PATCH 06/18] lirc driver for the ATI USB RF remote receiver Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05             ` [PATCH 07/18] lirc driver for the CommandIR USB Transceiver Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05               ` [PATCH 08/18] lirc driver for the Soundgraph IMON IR Receivers Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05                 ` [PATCH 09/18] lirc driver for the Streamzap PC Receiver Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05                   ` [PATCH 10/18] lirc driver for Igor Cesko's USB IR receiver Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05                     ` [PATCH 11/18] lirc driver for the Technotrend " Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05                       ` [PATCH 12/18] lirc driver for the Sasem OnAir and Dign HV5 receivers Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05                         ` [PATCH 13/18] lirc driver for ITE8709 CIR port receiver Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:05                           ` [PATCH 14/18] lirc driver for the ITE IT87xx CIR Port receivers Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:06                             ` [PATCH 15/18] lirc driver for the SIR IrDA port Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:06                               ` [PATCH 16/18] lirc driver for the IR interface on BT829-based hardware Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:06                                 ` [PATCH 17/18] lirc driver for homebrew parallel port receivers Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:06                                   ` [PATCH 18/18] lirc driver for the zilog/haupauge IR transceiver Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  4:06                                     ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-11 15:22                   ` [PATCH 09/18] lirc driver for the Streamzap PC Receiver Jonathan Corbet
2008-09-10 21:02                 ` [PATCH 08/18] lirc driver for the Soundgraph IMON IR Receivers Jonathan Corbet
2008-09-10 21:23                   ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-11  3:22                     ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-22 21:47                   ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-24 20:21                     ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-10 17:09               ` [PATCH 07/18] lirc driver for the CommandIR USB Transceiver Jonathan Corbet
2008-09-11 18:24                 ` Christoph Bartelmus
     [not found]                   ` <1221159005.13683.34.camel@minimatt>
2008-09-11 19:03                     ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-11 19:14                     ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-25 15:21                 ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-10  9:58             ` [PATCH 06/18] lirc driver for the ATI USB RF remote receiver Ville Syrjälä
2008-09-10 13:05               ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-10 13:14                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-10 13:37                   ` Jon Smirl
2008-09-10 14:30                     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-09-10 13:44                   ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-10 14:13                     ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-10 14:19                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-10 14:08                 ` Ville Syrjälä
2008-09-10 14:37                   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-09-09  4:13           ` [PATCH 05/18] lirc driver for i2c-based IR receivers Jarod Wilson
2008-09-10 15:42           ` Jonathan Corbet
2008-09-09 23:30         ` [PATCH 04/18] lirc driver for 2nd-gen and later Media Center Ed. USB IR transceivers Jonathan Corbet
2008-09-10  0:36           ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-11  9:21           ` Adrian Bunk
2008-09-09 19:21       ` [PATCH 03/18] lirc driver for 1st-gen " Jonathan Corbet
2008-09-09 23:59         ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-10  1:39           ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-10  0:04         ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-09 16:14     ` [PATCH 02/18] lirc serial port receiver/transmitter device driver Jonathan Corbet
2008-09-09 19:51       ` Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
2008-09-09 19:56         ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-10 17:40       ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09  7:40   ` [PATCH 01/18] lirc core device driver infrastructure Sebastian Siewior
2008-09-09  9:53     ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-09 12:33       ` Sebastian Siewior
2008-09-09 13:10         ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-11 16:41       ` Christoph Bartelmus
2008-09-09 11:13     ` Alan Cox
2008-09-09 13:27     ` Stefan Richter
2008-09-09 17:03     ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-11 18:30       ` Christoph Bartelmus
2008-09-11 19:09         ` Jarod Wilson [this message]
2008-09-13  7:21           ` Christoph Bartelmus
2008-09-09  9:46   ` Andi Kleen
2008-09-09 11:35     ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-09 13:03       ` Andi Kleen
2008-09-09 13:20         ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-12 16:46           ` Greg KH
2008-09-09 13:01   ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-10 12:24     ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-10 12:29       ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-10 12:45         ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-11 18:03       ` Christoph Bartelmus
2008-09-11 19:18         ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-12  0:16     ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-12  8:33       ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-12 14:51         ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09 15:33   ` Jonathan Corbet
2008-09-12  0:12     ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-10 13:08   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-09-11  8:47     ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-09-11 21:28       ` Maxim Levitsky
2008-09-13  7:20         ` Christoph Bartelmus
2008-09-12  4:44       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-09-09  4:36 ` [PATCH 0/18] linux infrared remote control drivers Chris Wedgwood
2008-09-09  7:06 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2008-09-09  8:32   ` Janne Grunau
2008-09-09 12:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-09 15:23   ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09 18:27     ` Lennart Sorensen
2008-09-09 18:34       ` Jarod Wilson
2008-09-09 15:34   ` Jon Smirl

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