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

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:27:08PM +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > No. All the other API functions there work with 32 bits for scancodes.
> 
> We don't need them, do we? We need a new ioctl for changing key mappings
> anyway (a single ioctl for setting the whole table I think), and we can
> have arbitrary length of scan codes there.

Unless we determine that we 100% need bigger size of scancode then the
current ioctls are just fine. Why do we _need_ an ioctl to load the whole
tabe? Are you concerned about speed with which the keymap is populated?
I don't think it would be an issue.

-- 
Dmitry
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