Problems with repeating keys

[Douglas C. <dcl...@op...>]

Hi,

There have been a number of threads with specific issues but I'll start 
a new one anyway.

I can see that there has been significant rewrite activity in the area 
of remote controls in the Linux kernel. I am surprised that my old 
config files still work and am resigned to the possibility that I may be 
forced to update.

I also have a new box, with unsupported IR hardware, so I've plugged in 
a spare:
     Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0413:6029 Leadtek Research, Inc. WinFast DTV 
Dongle Gold
that I happened to have lying around, just for the Y04G00051 remote that 
came with it.

The problem is that it is almost unusable because of repeating keys.

On another system I have an IMON (unused) and am using the same remote 
through a DTV1000T. That is working OK but it looks like the driver is 
about to get a rewrite to the newer style.

According to much of the possibly now out of date documentation, repeat 
keys are supposed to increment a field in the irw output. This doesn't 
happen on both of my systems, although I suspect that apps still expect 
it to.

Here is a mix of fast and slow keypresses:
00000000800100a4 00 KEY_PLAYPAUSE Y04G0033
00000000800100a4 00 KEY_PLAYPAUSE Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010072 00 KEY_LEFT Y04G0033
00000000800100a4 00 KEY_PLAYPAUSE Y04G0033
00000000800100a4 00 KEY_PLAYPAUSE Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010073 00 KEY_RIGHT Y04G0033
0000000080010072 00 KEY_LEFT Y04G0033
0000000080010072 00 KEY_LEFT Y04G0033
0000000080010072 00 KEY_LEFT Y04G0033
0000000080010072 00 KEY_LEFT Y04G0033
0000000080010072 00 KEY_LEFT Y04G0033
0000000080010072 00 KEY_LEFT Y04G0033
00000000800100df 00 KEY_CANCEL Y04G0033
0000000080010072 00 KEY_LEFT Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033

There is no difference between distinct presses of a key, bounces (two 
codes for one press) and a hold down.

Looking at the af9015.c driver, the code recognises key-down in one part 
and a repeat in another but issues the same call to pass the event along 
in both places - rc_keydown. I changed the repeat one to rc_repeat and 
got no repeats on hold down. Seems that something is going on further 
down the path.

Expected behaviour - I would expect holding down a key to produce:
0000000080010193 00 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 01 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 02 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 03 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 04 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 05 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 06 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 07 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033
0000000080010193 08 KEY_DOWN Y04G0033

Can somebody confirm that there is an issue?

Cheers,

Douglas