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

[Kevin BARADON]

Hello,

I can confirm you I don't use lirc anymore for my device.
It is handled by imon mainline kernel driver.
Bug can be closed.

Regards,


Kevin Baradon

2012/1/3 Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.L-H at gmx.de>

> 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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