Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] [media] rc-core: add support for IR raw transmitters

From: Sean Young
Date: Thu Sep 01 2016 - 17:31:24 EST


On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 02:16:25AM +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 | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> include/media/rc-core.h | 9 ++++++---
> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> index 7961083..c3c1f68 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> @@ -1361,20 +1361,24 @@ 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);
> + setup_timer(&dev->timer_keyup, ir_timer_keyup,
> + (unsigned long)dev);
>
> - spin_lock_init(&dev->rc_map.lock);
> - spin_lock_init(&dev->keylock);
> + 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;
> @@ -1474,7 +1478,7 @@ out_table:
>
> static void rc_free_rx_device(struct rc_dev *dev)
> {
> - if (!dev)
> + if (!dev || dev->driver_type == RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX)
> return;
>
> ir_free_table(&dev->rc_map);
> @@ -1522,11 +1526,14 @@ int rc_register_device(struct rc_dev *dev)

An tx-only device shouldn't have the sysfs attribute protocol, that
should be handled here too.

> dev->input_name ?: "Unspecified device", path ?: "N/A");
> kfree(path);
>
> - rc = rc_setup_rx_device(dev);
> - if (rc)
> - goto out_dev;
> + 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) {
> + if (dev->driver_type == RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW ||
> + dev->driver_type == RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX) {
> 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 4fc60dd..56e33c1 100644
> --- a/include/media/rc-core.h
> +++ b/include/media/rc-core.h
> @@ -32,13 +32,16 @@ do { \
> /**
> * enum rc_driver_type - type of the RC output
> *
> - * @RC_DRIVER_SCANCODE: Driver or hardware generates a scancode
> - * @RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW: Driver or hardware generates pulse/space sequences.
> - * It needs a Infra-Red pulse/space decoder
> + * @RC_DRIVER_SCANCODE: Driver or hardware generates a scancode
> + * @RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW: Driver or hardware generates pulse/space sequences.
> + * It needs a Infra-Red pulse/space decoder
> + * @RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX: Device transmitter only,
> + driver requires pulce/spce data sequence.
> */
> enum rc_driver_type {
> RC_DRIVER_SCANCODE = 0,
> RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW,
> + RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX,
> };
>
> /**
> --
> 2.9.3