[mythtv-users] LIRC Serial using Kernel Staging Drivers

[Rob Davis]

Ok, sorry for posting to my post but I have a workaround.

I rebooted back into kernel 3.3.3 which had the system.h file in the 
kernel tree and compiled with serial port and transmitter as an option.  
Then rebooted back into 3.5.0 and it's still working..

I guess lirc/serial needs fixing for newer kernels.

Rob

On 2012-08-05 21:50, Rob Davis wrote:
> I'm sorry, the cut and paste got messed up, I have corrected it 
> below.
>
>
> On 2012-08-05 21:25, Rob Davis wrote:
>> No matter what I try and do I can't get this to work again.
>>
>> I am using Gentoo, which upgraded lirc on me, and I'm not 100% sure
>> what it did.
>>
>> I have a serial port receiver and transmitter which has been working
>> fine for a few years.  Using kernel 3.4.3 I got this working using 
>> the
>> kernel staging drivers, however, using kernel 3.5.0 I can't get it
>> working at all.  I downloaded the source for lirc 0.9.0 to try and 
>> get
>> lircd working again.  However, I am not sure how to get this working
>> using the staging drivers.  It won't compile using serial giving the
>> following compile error:
>>
>> /usr/src/lirc/lirc-0.9.0/drivers/lirc_serial/lirc_serial.c:69:24:
>> fatal error: asm/system.h: No such file or directory
>>
>> Using driver none (as the drivers were in the kernel) says:
>> /usr/local/sbin/lircd -n -d /dev/lirc0
>> lircd: there's no hardware I can use and no peers are specified
>>
>> Using userspace itcuser gives me  this when I run lircd
>>
>> /usr/local/sbin/lircd -n -d /dev/lirc0
>> lircd: lircd(i2cuser) ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd
>> lircd: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
>> lircd: Cannot find i2c adapter
>> lircd: i2c device cannot be opened
>> lircd: WARNING: Failed to initialize hardware
>> lircd: select() failed
>> lircd: Bad file descriptor
>> lircd: removed client
>>
>>
>> So, how is the correct way to get the lirc_serial driver working 
>> these days?
>>
>> Wife was forced to watch Netflix instead of the Olympics tonight and
>> not happy with me.
>
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