From: <li...@ba...> - 2009-01-19 17:20:28
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Hi! Jonathan Black "jb...@sm..." wrote: [...] >>> 4) Selected Ati userspace (I didn't compile the ATI remote driver), then >>> saved and ran configure. [...] >> Nothing. You have selected the *userspace* driver. This driver does not >> require any kernel modules. > I figured it was something stupid. So what is the difference? ---- I > guess I had thought the first one of the two used the module that came > with the kernel while the second used the one that LIRC made. Thanks! The userspace driver uses libusb to access the device from userspace. This is the preferred way of implementing drivers nowadays as you don't have to fiddle with any kernel modules at all. Just make sure no conflicting modules like ati_remote are loaded. Christoph |