Re: pi zero w as tramsitter

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020, Sean Young wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 06:10:28PM +0200, grumpy--- via LIRC-list wrote:
>> for a couple of years i have used a pi zero w with a tsal6400 led to control devices
>> i've had no problems until recently
>> i purchased a no brand name hdmi switcher
>> i recorded the remote but the pi zero w refused to control the device
>> just as a test i plugged the led into a pi3
>> it worked great talk'n to the switcher
>> the pi zero w and the pi3 have the same version of raspbian
>> they both use the same version of lirc and the same config files
>> the led is driven by a transistor that is powered external to the pi's
>> has anyone experienced this behavior before
>
> So it would be useful to know what driver your are using for IR, i.e.
> is it lirc_rpi, or gpio-ir-tx?
gpio-ir-tx

> What version of raspbian are you using?
rray@pizw3:~$ uname -a
Linux pizw3 5.4.51+ #1333 Mon Aug 10 16:38:02 BST 2020 armv6l GNU/Linux
rray@pizw3:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
10.4B


>
> One explanation is that the gpio-ir-tx driver has flaws which have only
> recently been fixed:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/media/rc/gpio-ir-tx.c?id=ea8912b788f8144e7d32ee61e5ccba45424bef83
>
> The problems fixed by this patch certainly can be affected by a slower CPU.
>
> It would be good to know if this fixes your problems by compiling your
> kernel with this patch.
>
> Thanks
> Sean
>

i've never compiled a kernel for a pi
on this slow machine it would take days
i will have to look in to cross compiling