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

[Ferenc Wagner]

Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Jon Smirl wrote:
>
>> This model is complicated by the fact that some remotes that look
>> like multi-function remotes aren't really multifunction. The remote
>> bundled with the MS MCE receiver is one. That remote is a single
>> function device even though it has function buttons for TV, Music,
>> Pictures, etc.
>
> An unsolved question on my mind is how should we map such IR's? Should
> we provide a way for them to emulate a multifunction IR (for example,
> after pressing TV key, subsequent keystrokes would be directed to the
> TV evdev device?), or should we let this up to some userspace app to
> handle this case?

This case feels similar to that of Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scrool Lock,
but I don't know if that scheme could be applied here.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.
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