Hi Ivo, On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 03:50:42PM +0200, Ivaylo Dimitrov wrote: > On 30.12.2016 15:30, Sean Young wrote: > > > >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. > > > > Will do, but next year :) . Have you had a chance to test the ir-rx51 changes? 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
