Re: [RFC 3/7] [media] rc-core: add support for IR raw transmitters

From: Sean Young
Date: Tue Jul 19 2016 - 18:10:42 EST


On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 12:56:54AM +0900, Andi Shyti wrote:
> IR raw transmitter driver type is specified in the enum
> rc_driver_type as RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX which includes all those
> devices that transmit raw stream of bit to a receiver.
>
> The data are provided by userspace applications, therefore they
> don't need any input device allocation, but still they need to be
> registered as raw devices.
>
> Suggested-by: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> include/media/rc-core.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> index ac91157..f555f38 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> @@ -1354,20 +1354,24 @@ struct rc_dev *rc_allocate_device(enum rc_driver_type type)
> if (!dev)
> return NULL;
>
> - dev->input_dev = input_allocate_device();
> - if (!dev->input_dev) {
> - kfree(dev);
> - return NULL;
> - }
> + if (type != RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX) {
> + dev->input_dev = input_allocate_device();
> + if (!dev->input_dev) {
> + kfree(dev);
> + return NULL;
> + }
>
> - dev->input_dev->getkeycode = ir_getkeycode;
> - dev->input_dev->setkeycode = ir_setkeycode;
> - input_set_drvdata(dev->input_dev, dev);
> + dev->input_dev->getkeycode = ir_getkeycode;
> + dev->input_dev->setkeycode = ir_setkeycode;
> + input_set_drvdata(dev->input_dev, dev);
>
> - spin_lock_init(&dev->rc_map.lock);
> - spin_lock_init(&dev->keylock);
> + setup_timer(&dev->timer_keyup, ir_timer_keyup,
> + (unsigned long)dev);
> +
> + spin_lock_init(&dev->rc_map.lock);
> + spin_lock_init(&dev->keylock);
> + }
> mutex_init(&dev->lock);
> - setup_timer(&dev->timer_keyup, ir_timer_keyup, (unsigned long)dev);
>
> dev->dev.type = &rc_dev_type;
> dev->dev.class = &rc_class;
> @@ -1515,7 +1519,14 @@ int rc_register_device(struct rc_dev *dev)
> dev->input_name ?: "Unspecified device", path ?: "N/A");
> kfree(path);
>
> - if (dev->driver_type == RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW) {
> + if (dev->driver_type != RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX) {
> + rc = rc_setup_rx_device(dev);
> + if (rc)
> + goto out_dev;
> + }
> +
> + if (dev->driver_type == RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW ||
> + dev->driver_type == RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX) {

Here the if is wrong. It should be
"if (dev->driver_type != RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX)". Note that as result
the decoder thread is not started, so patch 4 won't be needed either.


> if (!raw_init) {
> request_module_nowait("ir-lirc-codec");
> raw_init = true;
> diff --git a/include/media/rc-core.h b/include/media/rc-core.h
> index c6bf1ef..77b0893 100644
> --- a/include/media/rc-core.h
> +++ b/include/media/rc-core.h
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ do { \
> enum rc_driver_type {
> RC_DRIVER_SCANCODE = 0, /* Driver or hardware generates a scancode */
> RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW, /* Needs a Infra-Red pulse/space decoder */
> + RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX, /* Device is transmitter, driver handles raw */

The comment should really mention the lack of receiver.