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

From: Christoph Bartelmus
Date: Thu Nov 26 2009 - 15:44:45 EST


Hi Mauro,

on 26 Nov 09 at 10:36, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
[...]
> lircd supports input layer interface. Yet, patch 3/3 exports both devices
> that support only pulse/space raw mode and devices that generate scan
> codes via the raw mode interface. It does it by generating artificial
> pulse codes.

Nonsense! There's no generation of artificial pulse codes in the drivers.
The LIRC interface includes ways to pass decoded IR codes of arbitrary
length to userspace.

Christoph
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