[linux-dvb] Re: av7110, onboard IR, linux 2.6.2

[Jon Burgess <mplayer@jburgess.uklinux.net>]

Johannes Stezenbach wrote:

> IIRC the outcome of this discussion was "use BTN_x instead of
> KEY_x if you don't want your remote control to generate
> keyboard events".
2.6 has an "exclusive access" feature which can suck up these extra KEY 
events from your remote preventing them from appearing as keyboard presses.

If you are using VDR then the latest remote plugin does both the 
exclusive grab and can also auto-magically identify DVB input devices 
based on some of the device properties.

I have included the announcement email from Oliver below.

   Jon

Oliver Endriss wrote:

there is a new version of the Remote Control plugin.
It can be downloaded from 
   http://endriss.escape.bei.t-online.de/vdr
See README for details.

Changes:
2004-02-01: Version 0.2.1

- Implemented code to autodetect the remote control device.
 If called without parameters, the plugin will detect the receiver of the
 DVB card on event0/1/2/... automagically. This should make setup easier
 for people who have an USB keyboard or an USB mouse.
- Included workaround for kernel 2.6: Try to get exclusive access
 ("grab" device). Patching the plugin is not required anymore.
- Added some OSD diagnostic messages to make debugging easier.
- Included some patches in sub-directory 'misc':
 o DVB driver patch to set permissions for /proc/av7110_ir to 666
 o kernel 2.4 keybdev patch
 See README for details when these patches should be applied.
- Minor code clean-up.

Have fun,

Oliver





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