[Pkg-lirc-maint] Bug#549425: Bug#549425: Add dual device handling for some sorts of lirc_imon

[Stefan Lippers-Hollmann]

tags 549425 + moreinfo
tags 549425 - patch
thanks

Hi

On Tuesday 03 January 2012, Kevin Baradon wrote:
> Package: lirc
> Version: 0.8.3-5
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> I own a iMon USB device (0036) which is detected by lirc kernel driver as two different USB devices.
> I need lirc to listen on both these two devices to get full functionalities of my remote control.
> 
> I have made a patch to lirc init.d script to start two instances of lirc:  
>
> 8><--------------------------
> --- lirc.old	2009-10-03 11:44:30.000000000 +0200
> +++ lirc.new	2009-10-03 11:44:46.000000000 +0200
[...]
> 8><--------------------------
> 
> 
> Can you include this functionality in your package ?
[...]

Unfortunately I didn't have a chance to get access to SoundGraph iMON 
derived devices so far, but your proposed patch adds quite a bit of 
complex code to the init script which appears to be very specific to 
the iMON case, while not solving (and eventually worsen) the general 
problem of using several different lirc devices at the same time.

Looking at Jarod Wilson's (new lirc upstream) blog[1] however suggests 
that lirc isn't even necessary for your device at all, could you take
a look at [1] and confirm if that would solve your problems as well?

Regards
	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann

[1]	http://wilsonet.com/?p=45
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