Re: lirc and usb

[Joerg S. <jo...@al...>]

Jim Paris schrieb :
>> I don't have an usb device. So I can't say anything about it. But I saw
>> in /usr/src/linux-2.5/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt (see Generic
>> Serial driver), that the devices are shown as /dev/usb/tts/. And I mean,
>> that this is a way we can contact the interface with an existing kernel
>> driver.
> 
> The best way (IMO) to do USB under Linux is via usbdevfs and libusb.
> It gives you full access to USB without any additional kernel drivers,
> which is the right way to do it.  Sure, some USB stuff should go in
> the kernel (disk drives, network interfaces), but there's no reason
> everything else (MP3 players, cameras, scanners, modems, IR receivers)
> needs to be there..

Yes, but someone must provide the connection to usb and this can be done
IMHO with the existing generic serial driver of usb and not with a
specific lirc driver.

Joerg.