Re: lirc_atiusb (X10 remote) Kernel driver

Michael Markstaller via LIRC-list <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:58:43 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.comp.hardware.lirc
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
I'm still confused where to start.

Am 26.08.2017 um 09:17 schrieb Alec Leamas:
> 
> 
> On 25/08/17 21:19, Michael Markstaller via LIRC-list wrote:
> 
>> I basically think (whatever driver it takes) this *is* rather a job for
>> lirc, not a mainline kernel-mode driver?!
> That's really not the situation. As for ir kernel drivers all
> development is done in the kernel community these days.

Ok, got it. Maybe I asked the wrong question: How to get it working with
either the kernel-mode driver ati_remote and/or lirc (atilibusb) again.

>> Any hints welcome but the basic ati_remote driver from kernel pushes me
>> into using an ancient lircd with an ancient kernel (as it works fine
>> there)
> 
> Around 0.9.0 (~2011) when the lirc kernel drivers were upstreamed some
> of the former lirc drivers were made part of the kernel staging drivers.
> IIRC, the kernel atiusb driver was dropped at some later point. Perhaps
> the best you could do is to grab the latest atiusb driver from the
> staging drivers and update to the new kernel framework, dunno

I don't guess I'm experienced enough to maintain an out-of-tree kernel
driver.. Though I'm willing to try, debug etc.

-> ati_remote (debug=1) is also working WITH channels, just dunno how to
use it (in terms of lircrc executing command X when I press button Y on
channel Z)
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[15997.913487] ati_remote 3-2:1.0: channel 0x02; key data 08, scancode 08
[15997.953498] ati_remote 3-2:1.0: channel 0x02; key data 08, scancode 08
[15997.993534] ati_remote 3-2:1.0: channel 0x02; key data 08, scancode 08
[16124.343099] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ati_remote
--- cut ---


-> lirc 0.9.0 using atilibusb is also working! it just doesn't seem to
support multiple channels other than Ch1
--- cut ---
markstaller@tux-mm-mint:~$ irw
000000145e890000 00 Vol_Up Medion_MD8800
000000145e890000 01 Vol_Up Medion_MD8800
000000145e890000 02 Vol_Up Medion_MD8800
000000145e890000 03 Vol_Up Medion_MD8800
000000145e890000 04 Vol_Up Medion_MD8800
00000014dd080000 00 Vol_Down Medion_MD8800
00000014dd080000 01 Vol_Down Medion_MD8800
00000014dd080000 02 Vol_Down Medion_MD8800
00000014dd080000 03 Vol_Down Medion_MD8800
00000014dd080000 04 Vol_Down Medion_MD8800
--- cut ---

So I see two options:
a) (help) to implement channels into lirc/atilibusb which I'd prefer
b) find something else like lircd which does things similar to lircrc
using ati_remote from kernel

Right? I'm lost..

Michael

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