Re: How to correctly disable LIRC-related MCE*/IR_* modules,to remove ID of RemoteControl as BOTH keyboard & remote?

From: randmedia
Date: Thu Nov 14 2013 - 22:44:28 EST


Hi all,

Bump, please. Or a pointer to the appropriate list would be helpful.
I'm clearly getting lost amidst the patch traffic and deluge of spam, so
suspect I may be in the wrong place ...

Thanks.


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013, at 09:12 AM, randmedia@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013, at 08:52 AM, Jim Bos wrote:
> > Have you looked at this sysfs-file, specifically tried this:
> >
> > echo lirc > /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols
>
> In short, yes.
>
> atm, I've this udev rule,
>
> cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-infrared.rules
> ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="rc",
> RUN+="/usr/bin/ir-keytable --clear --protocol=LIRC
> --write=/etc/rc_keymaps/my_streamzap_rpi"
>
> which ensures after boot
>
> ir-keytable
> Found /sys/class/rc/rc0/ (/dev/input/event2) with:
> Driver streamzap, table rc-streamzap
> Supported protocols: LIRC
> Enabled protocols: LIRC
> Repeat delay = 500 ms, repeat period = 125 ms
>
> which correlates to
>
> cat /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols
> [lirc]
>
> i.e., the same effect as the manual intervetion of
>
> echo lirc > /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols
>
> nonetheless, that _alone_, does NOT 'do the trick'. if those MCE*
> kernel mods are around, i.e., if I have NOT disabled them in the kernel
> (re)compile, or, similarly, use the distro-provided kernel which
> compiles the mods by default, then -- at boot -- the Streamzap is
> recognized/assigned as an MCE keyboard/remote.
>
> rand
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