[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCH] WinTV NovaT remote control

[Kenneth Aafløy <ke-aa@frisurf.no>]

On Friday 28 May 2004 23:37, Malte Doersam wrote:
> Hi,
> my NovaT (budget DVB-T card from Hauppauge) came with the remote control
> shown in this picture: http://213.221.87.83/images/prod/media_mvp_small.gif
>
> So I wrote a patch for budget-ci.c (patch is against dvb-linux HEAD)
> I couldn't resist to add a small comment to this file. (About the nonsense
> of hardcoding scancodes) :-)
>
> From patch:
>+   The whole concept of hardcoding these codes into the module is stupid,
>+   because this is only an IR receiver and you might want to use a random
>+   remote control. 
>+   Replacing /dev/input/eventx with an /dev/dvb/adapter0/ir0 might be a good
>	idea. 
>+   The scancodes should be evaluated in user space and not be hardcoded!

I belive this has been said before, but what about creating a method of 
loading the scancodes from userspace and keeping everything else like it is?

Kenneth


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