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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab2011-11-02 01:23:55 +0100
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab2011-11-03 10:59:03 +0100
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staging: Move media drivers to staging/media
In practice, it is being hard to distinguish when a patch should go to staging tree or to the media tree. Better to distinguish it, by putting the media drivers at a separate staging directory. Newer staging drivers that include anything with "dvb*.h", "v4l2*.h" or "videodev2.h" should go to the drivers/staging/media tree. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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+1. Both ir-kbd-i2c and lirc_zilog provide support for RX events for
+the chips supported by lirc_zilog. Before moving lirc_zilog out of staging:
+
+a. ir-kbd-i2c needs a module parameter added to allow the user to tell
+ ir-kbd-i2c to ignore Z8 IR units.
+
+b. lirc_zilog should provide Rx key presses to the rc core like ir-kbd-i2c
+ does.
+
+
+2. lirc_zilog module ref-counting need examination. It has not been
+verified that cdev and lirc_dev will take the proper module references on
+lirc_zilog to prevent removal of lirc_zilog when the /dev/lircN device node
+is open.
+
+(The good news is ref-counting of lirc_zilog internal structures appears to be
+complete. Testing has shown the cx18 module can be unloaded out from under
+irw + lircd + lirc_dev, with the /dev/lirc0 device node open, with no adverse
+effects. The cx18 module could then be reloaded and irw properly began
+receiving button presses again and ir_send worked without error.)
+
+
+3. Bridge drivers, if able, should provide a chip reset() callback
+to lirc_zilog via struct IR_i2c_init_data. cx18 and ivtv already have routines
+to perform Z8 chip resets via GPIO manipulations. This would allow lirc_zilog
+to bring the chip back to normal when it hangs, in the same places the
+original lirc_pvr150 driver code does. This is not strictly needed, so it
+is not required to move lirc_zilog out of staging.
+
+Note: Both lirc_zilog and ir-kbd-i2c support the Zilog Z8 for IR, as programmed
+and installed on Hauppauge products. When working on either module, developers
+must consider at least the following bridge drivers which mention an IR Rx unit
+at address 0x71 (indicative of a Z8):
+
+ ivtv cx18 hdpvr pvrusb2 bt8xx cx88 saa7134
+