[mythtv-users] How to patch LIRC for HD-PVR150

[Jarod Wilson]

On Oct 27, 2010, at 11:03 AM, E. Westbrook wrote:

> Just as a data point in case it helps, my Gentoo mceusb LIRC situation is peachy.  My details:
> 	• =lirc-0.8.6-r3 (keyworded for ~amd64)
> 	• =gentoo-sources-2.6.34-r11
> 	• LIRC_DEVICES="mceusb" in /etc/make.conf
> 	• The stock mceusb profile generated in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

The only problem I see with the above is that support for the Pinnacle mce transceiver is pretty shabby in lirc 0.8.6-era lirc_mceusb. Its solid in lirc 0.8.7 though.



> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 08:32, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:15 AM, Jeff Cranmer wrote:
> 
> >> Needs a kernel driver. Prior to 2.6.36, you're looking at building
> >> lirc_mceusb out-of-tree. I'm pretty sure there are Gentoo ebuilds for
> >> the lirc kernel drivers somewhere. (Didn't apply to lirc_zilog, since
> >> it wasn't in the lirc tree itself). In 2.6.36 and later, its driven by
> >> the mceusb driver (which is lirc_mceusb ported to a new in-kernel IR
> >> infrastructure, with backwards compatibility included).
> >>
> > Thanks - so if I upgrade to the 2.6.36 kernel, I should be able to run
> > an MCE usb remote system without the same compatibility issues that the
> > HDPVR has at the moment, or would I still need version 0.9.0 of lirc to
> > make that work?
> 
> You'd still need either lirc 0.9.0 or a patched earlier lirc build for ioctl compatibility if you use 2.6.36.


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Jarod Wilson
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