Re: Recent threads on lirc_serial serial_ir

On 22/08/17 06:13, Tom Dexter wrote:
> Hi. New to the list here. I'm running on Gentoo and was trying to move
> from the 4.9.34 kernel to 4.12.5. This of course means the move from
> lirc_serial to serial_ir. I seem to be running into the same issue
> described here:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/lirc/mailman/message/35926194/
>
> That is, the /dev/lirc0 device seems to be working fine and mode2
> seems to indicate that my driver configuration (default driver) is
> correct, however I get nothing with irw.
>
> I reverted the change that was supposed to be the issue, that is, this one:
>
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9585613/
>
> ...and that doesn't seem to fix it. I also tried patching with a
> change I've seen many places where the resolution was intended to
> return milliseconds, where that LIRC_GET_REC_RESOLUTION returns:
>
> val = dev->rx_resolution / 1000;
>
> That didn't help either. Everything appears fine but I get nothing
> from irw or in any applications (mythtv specifically). Any idea what
> might be going on?
>
>
As a starter, does mode2(1) print anything using  /dev/lirc0 when you 
press buttons?

--alec

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