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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Message-ID: <m31vjlw54x.fsf@intrepid.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:46:38 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mario Limonciello <superm1@...ntu.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>,
	Christoph Bartelmus <lirc@...telmus.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Should we create a raw input interface for IR's ? - Was: Re: [PATCH 1/3 v2] lirc core device driver infrastructure

Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> writes:

> In what way the key interface is unsufficient for delivering button
> events?

At present: 128 different keys only (RC5: one group). One remote per
device only.

The protocol itself doesn't have the above limitations, but has others,
with are acceptable for key input.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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