From: Kevin T. <lis...@pc...> - 2007-02-15 14:29:32
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The MCE(1) and MCE2 drivers could be merged into a single driver. They both use the same command set. The most substantial difference between them is the USB interface chip. The MCE1 has a FTDI serial chip, the MCE2 has a Philips parallel chip. The FTDI chip needs a few initialization packets sent to it, the Philips chip does not. The FTDI chip also has a two byte line status header on each received block that has to be stripped off. Everything else is the same. There are several features of these devices that are not being used by the current drivers. The IR Tx frequency can be set (default is 66 kHz!) and various rx parameters can be setup. I can provide all the technical info if someone wants to write code to support all the capabilities of the hardware. My experience with Linux is minimal, so I can't contribute any code right now. At 12:34 AM 2/15/2007, you wrote: >The big problem is if I fix the drivers up without owning the hardware >I can't check to make sure they are still functioning. So testers need >to be found that own all of the devices. > >lirc_dev - base driver >I'll look at this one and see if I can get it in shape to post this week. > > >What about the rest of these? > >lirc_atiusb >lirc_bt829 >lirc_cmdir >lirc_gpio >lirc_i2c >lirc_igorplugusb >lirc_imon >lirc_it87 >lirc_mceusb >lirc_mceusb2 - I have this one, that would be my next target >lirc_parallel >lirc_sasem >lirc_serial >lirc_sir >lirc_streamzap > > >-- >Jon Smirl >jon...@gm... |