[linux-dvb] Re: another patch for remote control with rev 2.1

[Ralph Metzler <rjkm@convergence.de>]

Ingo Janetzki writes:
 > 
 > Ralph Metzler schrieb:
 > > 
 > > Matthias Hilbig writes:
 > >  > Here is another patch for the remote control delivered with rev 2.1.
 > >  > Because I think vdr should use ir in this case directly and not through
 > >  > LIRC I added 6 ioctls to the dvb-driver and changed vdr to use these
 > >  > calls.
 > >  >
 > >  > It should be possible to write a LIRC-Interface with these calls, too.
 > >  > I don't know how the driver developers wanted the ir-interface if they
 > >  > wanted one.
 > > 
 > > I already included the LIRC patch by Christoph Martin in the last
 > > CVS version. Since LIRC is well established and automatically
 > > provides control for many other Linux applications, a solution
 > > specific to the DVB API is not such a good idea.
 > > 
 > > But your patch is better in some other aspects (e.g. buffering of
 > > events). Maybe the two patches can be combined without too much work.
 > > 
 > > Ralph
 > > 
 > 
 > Do you mean by "well established and ..." that you are not willing to
 > support the built-in ir connector of the dvb-s card? I wouldn't like
 > to have an additional piece of hardware on the vdr box, whereas the
 > original connector isn't used at all.
 > 
 > Regards, Ingo


I'll answer that after I stopped banging my head against the wall.


Ralph


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