Re: [RFC] What are the goals for the architecture of an in-kernel IR system?

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Nov 29, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx>  
> wrote:
> > 1. Do we agree that a lirc (-style) kernel-user interface is needed  
> > at
> >   least?
> >
> > 2. Is there any problem with lirc kernel-user interface?
>
> Can you consider sending the raw IR data as a new evdev message type
> instead of creating a new device protocol?

No, I think it would be wrong. Such events are ill-suited for  
consumption by regular applications and would introduce the "looping"  
interface I described in my other email.

> evdev protects the messages in a transaction to stop incomplete
> messages from being read.

If such property is desired we can add it to the new lirc-like  
interface, can't we?

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>
Dmitry
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