[mythtv-users] lirc_serial move to serial_ir nightmare in kernel 4.12

[Alec Leamas]

On 22/08/17 02:30, Tom Dexter wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This one just has me at my wits end. I'm running on Gentoo and am
>> trying to update my kernel from 4.9.34 to 4.12.5. I'm running
>> lircd-0.9.4a and had the lirc_serial stuff compiled directly into the
>> kernel (no modules) and have the serial SERIAL_8250 stuff disabled (as
>> required). This all works 100% with lirc_serial in 4.9.34.
>>
> 
> Just another note on this: The mode2 program seems to confirm that my
> /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf, most notably the "default" driver is
> apparently correct.
> 
> I'm totally out of ideas at that point. The service startup shows that
> it's using my tivo remote configuration. Everything right up to, but
> not including, irw and/or any actual applications (including mythtv)
> seem fine. Maddening.

Could it be the kernel driver issue discussed in the lirc mailing list [1] ?


--alec

[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/lirc/mailman/message/35926194/