linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: add appleir USB driver

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Message-ID: <20080515232733.GA16655@dose.home.local>
Date:	Fri, 16 May 2008 01:27:33 +0200
From:	Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@....de>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, jkosina@...e.cz,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: add appleir USB driver

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 14:11:17 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:59:59PM +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:

[...]

> > The macmini LIRC driver is a pure userspace driver, so nothing
> > needs to
> > be ever included in the kernel.
>
> So does this driver work with the macmini USB ir device today
> somehow?

Yes, I'm using it for months.

> From what I can tell, this driver is still necessary for things to
> work
> properly for this hardware, right?

When the appleir kernel driver is used, the IR device acts as in input
device, not as a HID device. LIRC has to be configured to use its
dev/input driver in this case. This is a generic driver to use any
input device as lirc device. The dev/input driver relies on the key
events that are generated by the kernel.

Regards,
Tino
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