Re: wrong major number problem

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Hi!

Stephan Raue "mai...@op..." wrote:

> after changing my system and lirc to use the kernel patch for building
> drivers i have problems starting lirc. i am using lirc checked out
> yesterday from cvs and an kernel patch yesterday generated from jarod`s
> git tree.
[...]
> Apr  4 14:49:30 openelec lircd: could not get hardware features
> Apr  4 14:49:30 openelec lircd: this device driver does not support the
> LIRC ioctl interface
[...]
> the same problem like [1] ?

This problem occurs because someone smart here thought it might be a good  
idea to fiddle with ioctl definitions to save 10 lines of compat code.  
SCNR. :)

Discussed here: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/423736

In brief: solution is to bring lirc.h used in kernel in sync with lirc.h  
used to compile userspace lircd. Esp. LIRC_GET_FEATURES.

Christoph

PS: I'd really like to see this change undone until the interface is at  
least accepted by kernel ppl. BTW I plan to add some new ioctls which are  
not in CVS lirc.h yet.