Hi Hias, On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 08:16:15PM +0100, Matthias Reichl wrote: > Hi Sean, > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 05:50:01PM +0000, Sean Young wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 05:13:07PM +0100, Matthias Reichl wrote: > > > I could only test receiving (don't have a transmitter on that PC) > > > and also couldn't test the carrier options (I'm using a demodulating > > > TSOP receiver here), but your changes look sane to me. > > > > I only have got an eeepc box, with the same limitations. Do you happen to > > know what hardware there is for this driver? It would be nice to test this > > properly. > > > > This is the only IR driver that can change the RX carrier range, so it's > > kinda interesting. > > In the most recent bug report I got (about a month ago) the user was > using an intel NUC (NUC10i3FNH/NUC10i3FNB according to DMI): > https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/23211-intel-nightly-build-problem-with-mce-remote/?postID=148823#post148823 > > I've also seen NUCs with Nuvoton CIR though and I suspect they'll > all probably have a demodulating receiver soldered directly to the > board, so probably not easy to tinker with (haven't checked though). > > I have only an ancient Pentium 4 mainboard (Gigabyte 8IPE775) with > an IT8712 here. IR RX/TX and CIR RX/TX are all exposed on a header, > but the BIOS is somewhat odd and doesn't contain CIR on/off settings > or announce the CIR via ACPI. So I had to manually patch ACPI tables > to get that beast working.... ITE8713 pnpid was close enough (couldn't > find a datasheet for 8713, only 8712 - that does mention demodulating > though). > > I don't think I have a simple IR diode or transistor here to easily > test that, only demodulating TSOPs (and some clones) - hooking that > up to the mainboard wouldn't be too hard. That's a good point, that's probably the way to go. I'll have a look at modifying my eeepc box. Having said that, if all the hardware out there uses TSOP-type IR receivers, I'm not sure how much use there is having this hooked up in the driver; same for transmit. Sean
