Hi Vincent,
on 02 Feb 07 at 12:04, you wrote:
> On 2/2/07, Pekka J Enberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>> From: Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>
>> [...]
>> drivers/lirc_atiusb/lirc_atiusb.c | 102 -----------------
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> I may be mistaken, but the lirc_atiusb module looks redondant with
> the driver already in drivers/usb/input/ati_remote.c.
> Moreover, I was under the impression that the input layer was
> currently considered the "right way" to implement the kernel side lirc
> needs
No. Using the input layer makes no sense for most lirc drivers. The
hardare used does not decode the IR signals itself but only provides raw
signal timings. Those signals are decoded in userspace by lircd.
It would be a really bad idea trying to do this decoding in kernel
space.
Christoph
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