Userspace expects to see a long space before the first pulse is sent on the lirc device. Currently, if a long time has passed and a new packet is started, the lirc codec just returns and doesn't send anything. This makes lircd ignore many perfectly valid signals unless they are sent in quick sucession. When a reset event is delivered, we cannot know anything about the duration of the space. But it should be safe to assume it has been a long time and we just set the duration to maximum. Signed-off-by: Austin Lund <austin.lund@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/media/rc/ir-lirc-codec.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/ir-lirc-codec.c b/drivers/media/rc/ir-lirc-codec.c index d731da6..2af2326 100644 --- a/drivers/media/rc/ir-lirc-codec.c +++ b/drivers/media/rc/ir-lirc-codec.c @@ -42,11 +42,17 @@ static int ir_lirc_decode(struct rc_dev *dev, struct ir_raw_event ev) return -EINVAL; /* Packet start */ - if (ev.reset) - return 0; + if (ev.reset) { + /* Userspace expects a long space event before the start of + * the signal to use as a sync. This may be done with repeat + * packets and normal samples. But if a reset has been sent + * then we assume that a long time has passed, so we send a + * space with the maximum time value. */ + sample = LIRC_SPACE(LIRC_VALUE_MASK); + IR_dprintk(2, "delivering reset sync space to lirc_dev\n"); /* Carrier reports */ - if (ev.carrier_report) { + } else if (ev.carrier_report) { sample = LIRC_FREQUENCY(ev.carrier); IR_dprintk(2, "carrier report (freq: %d)\n", sample); -- 2.0.2 -- 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