[linux-dvb] Re: Getting IR-codes directly from DVB-S?

[Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@gmx.de>]

On Friday 03 October 2003 12:25, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> Oliver Endriss wrote:
> > On Thursday 02 October 2003 15:21, Rene Bartsch wrote:
> > 
> >>as it's quite a work to generate a key-code map, I'd like to know if 
> >>it's possible to route/catch the raw IR-codes directly to/from the 
> >>input-device or a socket with the current DVB-driver.
> > 
> > 
> > Currently, there is no such interface.
> > The driver forwards the (translated) key codes to the input driver.
> > 
> > A keymap is required, because
> > - the protocol type must be specified
> > - the driver requires a keymap for the translation table
> 
> as soon you know the protocol you can load a dummy keymap which 
> translates key events 1:1.

That's exactly what I'm going to do now.
There are two protocols (rc5/rcmm) with two inversion inversion settings
(on/off), i.e. 4 different settings. So I prompt the user to hold down any
key while cycling through the 4 possibilities.

Oliver


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