lirc_i2c not working in kernel 2.6.31

[Adam W. <awi...@re...>]

So, I just upgraded my HTPC, which bumped it to kernel 2.6.31 (and lirc
0.8.6). With that setup, my remote doesn't work.

It's a Hauppauge (actually I'm lying slightly, it's a Logitech Harmony
PRETENDING to be a Hauppauge...but the receiver is Hauppauge, an old
WinTV analog card which came with a remote and a receiever), using
lirc_i2c. If I boot to an old 2.6.29 kernel, with the system otherwise
unchanged and the _same_ version of lirc (still 0.8.6), it works. Boot
to 2.6.31, doesn't work.

I notice several recent changes logged to the lirc_i2c driver which note
that there's some new code for kernel 2.6.31 and it's been written so
that the new code is _only_ used on 2.6.31, so it makes sense from that
perspective.

Someone on IRC said 'that's a known issue' and pointed to
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1043882&highlight=hvr-1600&page=3 , but um I don't necessarily consider an ubuntu forum thread enough for it to be a 'known issue', so I thought I'd better check on the list too :) Is this something that actual lirc folks are aware of? Is it being worked on? Anything I can provide to help (bearing in mind I'm not a coder)? Thanks.

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