On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 06:26:55PM -0500, Andy Walls wrote: > The only thing this buys for the user is remote/products bundles that > work out of the box. That can only be a solution for the 80% case. > > I don't hear users crying out "Please integrate IR with the input > system". I do hear users say "I want my remote to work", and "How can I > make my remote work?". Users are not specifically asking for this > integration of IR and the input system - a technical nuance. If such a > tecnical desire-ment drives excessive rework, I doubt anyone will care > enough about IR to follow through to make a complete system. Please integrate it so I can stop having issues with the lirc moduels when going to a new kernel version. > What does "equal footing" mean as an incentive anyway? The opportunity > to reimplement *everything* that exists for IR already over again in > kernel-space for the sake of developer technical desires? That's just a > lot of work for "not invented here" syndrome. IR transceivers are > arguably superior to keyboards and mice anyway because they can transmit > data too. I have no idea. I am sure you guys will come up with a great interface. I just use lirc with my mythtv box. -- Len Sorensen -- 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
