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

[Tom Dexter]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Alec Leamas <leamas.alec at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 22/08/17 02:30, Tom Dexter wrote:
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>> 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.
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>
> Could it be the kernel driver issue discussed in the lirc mailing list [1] ?
>
>
> --alec
>
> [1] https://sourceforge.net/p/lirc/mailman/message/35926194/

It might be. I was reading some stuff around a
LIRC_GET_REC_RESOLUTION...not sure if that's the same or not. I'm
trying 4.12.6 now to see if that corrects it.

Tom