From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>, Andy Walls <awalls@radix.net>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC] What are the goals for the architecture of an in-kernel IR system?
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:48:11 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E50C6702-FDCB-4473-813D-53A87064BAF7@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910911291347x4c4cac73h8c64223d0de563e4@mail.gmail.com>
On Nov 29, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
> <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Nov 29, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Do we agree that a lirc (-style) kernel-user interface is
>>>> needed at
>>>> least?
>>>>
>>>> 2. Is there any problem with lirc kernel-user interface?
>>>
>>> Can you consider sending the raw IR data as a new evdev message type
>>> instead of creating a new device protocol?
>>
>> No, I think it would be wrong. Such events are ill-suited for
>> consumption by
>> regular applications and would introduce the "looping" interface I
>> described
>> in my other email.
>
> Regular applications are going to ignore these messages. The only
> consumer for them is the LIRC daemon. Which is just going to process
> them and re-inject the events back into evdev again in a different
> form.
>
> IR is an input device, what make it so special that it needs to by
> pass this subsystem and implement its own private communications
> scheme?
So are HID devices (both USB and BT), PS/2 and so on. You are not
arguing for sending unprocessed data from these devices through evdev.
>
>>> evdev protects the messages in a transaction to stop incomplete
>>> messages from being read.
>>
>> If such property is desired we can add it to the new lirc-like
>> interface,
>> can't we?
>
> Why do you want to redesign evdev instead of using it?
>
I just said why in my previous email: looping is a mark of badly
designed interface.
--
Dmitry
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2009-11-27 15:57 [RFC] What are the goals for the architecture of an in-kernel IR system? Jon Smirl
2009-11-27 15:57 ` Jon Smirl
2009-11-27 16:57 ` Andy Walls
2009-11-27 17:29 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-11-27 17:29 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-11-27 17:49 ` Jon Smirl
2009-11-27 17:49 ` Jon Smirl
2009-11-27 19:03 ` Ferenc Wagner
2009-11-27 19:21 ` Jon Smirl
2009-11-27 19:21 ` Jon Smirl
2009-11-28 1:34 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-11-29 12:01 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-11-29 12:01 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-11-30 10:41 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-11-30 19:49 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-11-30 21:35 ` Jon Smirl
2009-11-30 21:35 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-01 7:45 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-01 7:45 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-01 11:38 ` Andy Walls
2009-12-01 14:10 ` Maxim Levitsky
2009-12-03 17:31 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-03 17:31 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-11-28 9:04 ` Simon Kenyon
2009-11-28 9:04 ` Simon Kenyon
2009-11-28 9:04 ` Simon Kenyon
2009-11-28 11:21 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-11-29 11:50 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-11-29 11:50 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-11-30 12:34 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-01 9:52 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-12-01 13:11 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-01 14:32 ` Jarod Wilson
2009-12-01 10:20 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-12-01 14:14 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-01 15:28 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-12-03 4:29 ` Jarod Wilson
2009-12-03 12:09 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-12-03 17:55 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-03 18:33 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-04 10:06 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-04 14:12 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-04 15:42 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-04 15:42 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-06 7:09 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-06 11:03 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-06 20:19 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-08 0:00 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-08 14:06 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-07 7:48 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-07 15:34 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-07 18:34 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-07 23:01 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-06 7:14 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-06 11:23 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-03 18:56 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-03 18:56 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-03 18:56 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-03 21:10 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-03 21:51 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-03 21:51 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-03 22:12 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-04 7:37 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-04 7:37 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-04 14:33 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-04 21:46 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-04 21:46 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-04 22:07 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-04 23:01 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-04 23:01 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-04 23:15 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-06 11:58 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-06 11:58 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-07 7:51 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-08 22:27 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-08 22:27 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-05 0:28 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-05 0:28 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-05 1:48 ` Andy Walls
2009-12-05 2:10 ` Andy Walls
2009-12-05 3:45 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-05 3:45 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-06 2:30 ` Andy Walls
2009-12-06 17:26 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-12 22:52 ` david
2009-12-06 3:36 ` hermann pitton
2009-12-06 6:55 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-06 11:46 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-06 17:48 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-06 17:52 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-06 17:52 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-06 20:34 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-06 21:23 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-06 21:23 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-07 23:44 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-08 0:28 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 0:28 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 0:28 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 11:17 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-08 13:34 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 13:34 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 13:34 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 14:56 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-08 22:25 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-08 22:25 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-08 17:04 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-08 13:54 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-08 4:23 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-08 11:58 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-08 14:01 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-08 14:13 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-08 15:26 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-08 15:41 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-08 17:12 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-08 13:57 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-08 17:25 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-08 13:52 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-08 14:07 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-08 14:51 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 14:51 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 15:29 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-08 15:49 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-08 16:26 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 16:26 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 4:10 ` Andy Walls
2009-12-08 22:30 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-08 22:30 ` Christoph Bartelmus
2009-12-09 2:21 ` Andy Walls
2009-12-07 18:41 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-07 20:08 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-07 21:38 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-08 15:24 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-08 0:44 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 0:44 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-08 11:23 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-13 12:14 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-15 11:50 ` Pavel Machek
2009-12-15 13:33 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-15 13:43 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-15 13:43 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-15 13:43 ` Jon Smirl
2009-12-15 14:19 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2009-12-15 19:58 ` Pavel Machek
2009-12-15 20:14 ` Jon Smirl
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2009-12-15 20:29 ` Jon Smirl
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2009-12-15 20:33 ` Pavel Machek
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2009-12-15 21:05 ` Pavel Machek
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2009-12-15 21:38 ` Jon Smirl
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2009-11-28 20:14 ` Jon Smirl
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2009-11-28 20:29 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-11-28 17:21 ` Krzysztof Halasa
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2009-11-29 11:07 ` Christoph Bartelmus
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2009-11-28 16:45 ` Jon Smirl
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2009-11-28 18:45 ` Maxim Levitsky
2009-11-28 18:56 ` Jon Smirl
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2009-11-28 19:16 ` Maxim Levitsky
2009-11-28 19:30 ` Stefan Richter
2009-11-28 19:32 ` Jon Smirl
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2009-11-28 19:48 ` Stefan Richter
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2009-11-29 4:55 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-11-29 5:31 ` Mike Lampard
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2009-11-29 21:59 ` Artur Skawina
2009-11-30 12:13 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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