[PATCH] preliminary LIRC integration in HAL

[Arnaud Quette]

Hi
2008/5/2 Bastien Nocera <hadess at hadess.net>:
>
>  On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 09:00 +0200, Arnaud Quette wrote:
>  > Hi all,
>  >
>  > The attached patch adds a preliminary support of LIRC and IR remote
>  > controls into HAL, through LIRC.
>
>  Could you explain what it would be used for exactly? Should we be
>  expecting changes to gnome-lirc-properties to take advantage of that new
>  code for example?

as suggested in the mentioned doc (the html bits), this patch only
helps in detecting USB remotes, without having to embed and maintain a
list of USB IDs to match against.

so yes, it can be used in gnome-lirc-properties.

Now remember that it's not complete, and that it's part of a bigger
set of useful changes, including:
- a parseable LIRC hardware database, to help configuration,
- a udev helper, to automatically configure and load everything when
plugging a USB remote,
- a standardized namespace for lirc keys, to address the key mapping easilly.

cheers,
Arnaud
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