On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 01:07:52PM +0000, Sean Young wrote: > Hi Ivo,, > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 01:30:01PM +0200, Ivaylo Dimitrov wrote: > > On 20.12.2016 19:50, Sean Young wrote: > > >This driver was written using lirc since rc-core did not support > > >transmitter-only hardware at that time. Now that it does, port > > >this driver. > > > > > >Compile tested only. > > > > > > > I guess after that change, there will be no more /dev/lircN device, right? > > Neither will LIRC_XXX IOCTL codes be supported? > > Quite the opposite, /dev/lircN and all the LIRC_XXX ioctls will still be > supported through ir-lirc-codec.c. > > By using rc-core, the driver will be more succinct, and some latent bugs > will be fixed. For example, at the moment it is possible to write hours > of IR data and keep the n900 from suspending. > > I'm working on lirc scancode sending and receiving using the IR encoders, > and when that is in place, any rc-core driver will get it for free. > > > That looks to me as a completely new driver, not a port to new API. > > > > Right now there are applications using the current behaviour (pierogi for > > example), which will be broken by the change. > > Nothing should break. Speaking of which, if you would please test this, that would be great. My N900 died many years ago. Many thanks, Sean -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
