Re: [RFC] Should we create a raw input interface for IR's ? - Was:Re: [PATCH 1/3 v2] lirc core device driver infrastructure

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> In what way the key interface is unsufficient for delivering button
>> events?
> 
> At present: 128 different keys only (RC5: one group). One remote per
> device only.
> 
> The protocol itself doesn't have the above limitations, but has others,
> with are acceptable for key input.

This is not a limit at the input subsystem. It were a design decision for
some drivers at the V4L subsystem that we need to change.

Cheers,
Mauro.
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