Re: [PATCH] Input: add appleir USB driver
- Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:59 +0200
- From: Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@xxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: add appleir USB driver
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:40:34 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 09:45:52AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Hi Tino,
> >
> > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 03:21:08PM +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm pretty sure that this breaks the macmini LIRC driver again, see
> > > commit 3e1928e8793208802589aae851b6685671187242.
> > >
> >
> > But with in-kernel driver can't LIRC feed of event device? Ane people
> > that dont use LIRC can also have access to the remote?
>
> And, to be blunt, why would an in-kernel driver be concerned about an
> out-of-tree-project-that-refuses-to-be-included chunk of code?
The macmini LIRC driver is a pure userspace driver, so nothing needs to
be ever included in the kernel.
Regards,
Tino
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