Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:09:44AM -0500, Stephen Wilson wrote: >> Andy Walls <awalls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 01:16 -0500, Stephen Wilson wrote: >> >> Having the RC_CORE config default to INPUT is almost equivalent to >> >> saying "yes". Default to "no" instead. >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@xxxxxxxx> >> > >> > I don't particularly like this, if it discourages desktop distributions >> > from building RC_CORE. The whole point of RC_CORE in kernel was to have >> > the remote controllers bundled with TV and DTV cards "just work" out of >> > the box for end users. Also the very popular MCE USB receiver device, >> > shipped with Media Center PC setups, needs it too. >> >> A similar argument can be made for any particular feature or device that >> just works when the functionality is enabled :) >> >> > Why exactly do you need it set to "No"? >> >> It is not a need. I simply observed that after the IR_ to RC_ rename >> there was another set of drivers being built which I did not ask for. > > So disable them. I think most people would rather have this support > enabled so that remotes Just Work if a DTV card or stand-alone IR receiver > is plugged in without having to hunt back through Kconfig options to > figure out why it doesn't... > >> It struck me as odd that because basic keyboard/mouse support was >> enabled I also got support for DTV card remote controls. >> >> I don't think there are any other driver subsystems enabling themselves >> based on something as generic as INPUT (as a dependency it is just fine, >> obviously). >> >> Overall, it just seems like the wrong setting to me. Is there another >> predicate available that makes a bit more sense for RC_CORE other than >> INPUT? Something related to the TV or DTV cards perhaps? > > No. As Andy said, there are stand-alone devices, such as the Windows Media > Center Ed. eHome Infrared Transceivers which are simply a usb device, no > direct relation to any TV devices. A fair number of systems these days are > also shipping with built-in CIR support by way of a sub-function on an LPC > SuperIO chip. Remotes can be used to control more than just changing > channels on a TV tuner card (think music player, video playback app > streaming content from somewhere on the network, etc). OK. No problem. Thanks for for taking the time to explain! -- steve -- 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
