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

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:49:10 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
Cc:	Christoph Bartelmus <lirc@...telmus.de>, jonsmirl@...il.com,
	awalls@...ix.net, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, j@...nau.net,
	jarod@...hat.com, jarod@...sonet.com, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	superm1@...ntu.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] What are the goals for the architecture of an in-kernel IR  system?

Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com> writes:

>> That's a question that I have not answered for myself concludingly.
>> Is a remote control really on exactly the same level as a keyboard or  
>> mouse?
>
> On some devices like STB and TV sets (most of modern LCD/Plasma TV's
> run Linux),
> they are at the same level. I'd say that the same applies to PC's that
> the user has dedicated to work as an MCE.

A remote can just _be_ keyboard and/or (sort of) mouse.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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