Re: [PATCH] [media] rc: do not enable remote controller adapters by default.

[VDR User]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It is not a need. ÂI simply observed that after the IR_ to RC_ rename
>> there was another set of drivers being built which I did not ask for.
>
> So disable them. I think most people would rather have this support
> enabled so that remotes Just Work if a DTV card or stand-alone IR receiver
> is plugged in without having to hunt back through Kconfig options to
> figure out why it doesn't...

Unfortunately _ALL_ the usb DVB devices are unavailable if you do not
enable IR_CORE "Infrared remote controller adapters" in v4l.  This is
a little annoying as the usb device I use doesn't even have IR
capabilities.  It doesn't seem like something that should be forced on
the user -- enable IR or you can't even compile the driver you need,
which doesn't even use IR.

It's not the end of the world but I don't particularly appreciate the
enable-everything approach.  It would be nice to at least have the
option to trim the fat if you want.. Isn't that partially what Linux
is supposed to be about in the first place?

Just my two cents...
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