Re: Fwd: [linux-usb-devel] USB IR receivers and evdev

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Hi Jon,

on 14 Feb 07 at 09:44, you wrote:
[...]
> Adding uinput support would also let you get rid of all the X specific
> code since X knows how to read evdev.You just need to do is add a
> small section to your xorg.conf.
>
> Are your interested in adding this support?

Yes, I like the concept you presented. I can try to implement it in  
lircd as soon as I will find some time.
But my todo list is quite long, so don't hold your breath.

I'm only a bit concerned about scalability. It's easily possible to have  
hundreds of remote control definitions in your lircd.conf. Creating a  
device node for each of them will be very inefficient.

[...]
>> I would like to see the kernel drivers being merged into mainline.
>> But don't wait for me doing it. It simply won't happen.

> If we fix the code up for submission will you test it and maintain the
> drivers in the future?

I only own a small fraction of the devices supported by LIRC myself. I  
could take over one or two drivers, but definitely not all of them.

Christoph