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

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Message-ID: <20091129181316.7850f33c@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:13:16 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
Cc:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>,
	Andy Walls <awalls@...ix.net>, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@...il.com>,
	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
	Christoph Bartelmus <lirc@...telmus.de>,
	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,
	mchehab@...hat.com, stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de, superm1@...ntu.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] What are the goals for the architecture of an in-kernel
 IR  system?

> If decoding can *only* be sanely handled in user-space, that's one
> thing. If it can be handled in kernel, then that would be better.

Why ?

I can compute fast fourier transforms in the kernel but that doesn't make
it better than doing it in user space. I can write web servers in the
kernel and the same applies.

Alan
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