[linux-dvb] Use ir_keymaps.c for dibcom driver (was: Re: [PATCH] Add Elgato EyeTV Diversity to dibcom driver)

[Patrick Boettcher]

Hi,

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Michael Müller wrote:
>> While I am indeed strongly in favor of integrating dib0700 with
>> ir_keymaps.c so it is consistent with the other drivers, I have been
>> tied up in another project and haven't had any cycles to do the work
>> required.
>> 
>> By all means, if you want to propose a patch, I would be happy to
>> offer feedback/comments.
>
> Hi Devin,
>
> yes, it was my intention to offer some help.
>
> My hope was to find some similarities that I could use for dibcom. But 
> everything looks different. And they deal with GPIO. So it looks much more 
> complicated than just simply adding some keys to a table. ;-)
>
> Do you have an idea which of the modules listed above is closest to the 
> dibcom module? Can you (easily) create a frame/template that I can use for a 
> start and I add details and does the testing?
>
> Is the existing ir_keymaps approach already able to handle the case that I 
> need to set dvb_usb_dib0700_ir_proto=0 (=> no NEC protocol) for my Elgato?

If you are going to ir_keymap or any other superior solution (which I'm 
for), please don't consider the dib0700-driver only, but think about the 
whole dvb-usb-framework... Only the driver specific part can be found in 
the drivers. The input-stuff is located in dvb-usb-remote.c

Loading the ir-tables from userspace would be the preferred solution, like 
that any IR-receiver on any device could handle any remote-control 
(requiring a generic IR-decoder in the device's firmware) without changing 
the kernel-module-driver...

Is lirc already in-kernel now? Can the event-interface handle raw keys (so 
that a user-space thing could translate them to their real meaning?)

Patrick.

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