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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Input: add appleir USB driver
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:59:59PM +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:
> 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.

So does this driver work with the macmini USB ir device today somehow?

From what I can tell, this driver is still necessary for things to work
properly for this hardware, right?

I'm totally confused now...

greg k-h


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