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

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Date:	Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:19:31 -0800
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Andy Walls <awalls@...ix.net>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...sonet.com>,
	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
	Christoph Bartelmus <lirc@...telmus.de>, j@...nau.net,
	jarod@...hat.com, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	superm1@...ntu.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] Should we create a raw input interface for IR's ? - Was:
	Re: [PATCH 1/3 v2] lirc core device driver infrastructure

On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 07:46:52AM -0500, Andy Walls wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 09:32 -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > Andy Walls wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 13:19 -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> 
> > > So I'll whip up an RC-6 Mode 6A decoder for cx23885-input.c before the
> > > end of the month.
> > 
> > Good! Please, try to design the decoder as an independent module that gets
> > data from a kfifo and generate scancodes for the input API.
> 
> Hmmm.  Let me see how the protoype turns out keeping that design
> objective in mind.  I've already got the current RC-5 and NEC decoding
> state machines in cx23885-input a bit layered, but they are taking
> advantage of specific events signaled by my v4l2_subdev implementation.
> 
> Strictly speaking the state machines don't have to.  All of the remote
> protocols I have played with make framing pretty easy.
> 
> 
> 
> > > I can setup the CX2388[58] hardware to look for both RC-5 and RC-6 with
> > > a common set of parameters, so I may be able to set up the decoders to
> > > handle decoding from two different remote types at once.  The HVR boards
> > > can ship with either type of remote AFAIK.
> > > 
> > > I wonder if I can flip the keytables on the fly or if I have to create
> > > two different input devices?
> > 
> > IMO, the better is, by default, to open just one input device per IR receiver.
> > >From what I understand from our discussions, if the user wants to filter IR
> > commands into several input interfaces, some userspace interface will be 
> > provided to allow the creation of other input interfaces for that purpose.
> 
> Hmm. That's not what I just thought I read from Dmitry....
> 

I am a resonable guy ;) In cases when we can certainly say that there
are 2 separate remotes (and we know characteristics somehow) we need to
create 2 input devices. Otherwise we can't ;)

-- 
Dmitry
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