[mythtv-users] Jetway motherboard IR receiver

[Jarod Wilson]

On Feb 11, 2011, at 4:16 PM, lists.md301 wrote:

> I recently purchased a Jetway Atom D525 (dual-core) Nvidia ION2 mini-ITX barebone machine (HBJC231C98-525-B), a Newegg promo, to use as a frontend only.  Successfully copied an existing Gentoo 0.23.1 frontend-only install (AMD socket 939 dual-core) onto it, with the necessary tweaks (kernel/mythtv recompile to support VDPAU, etc.)   Not too painful to accomplish, and everything is working great.  Haven't yet tackled audio over HDMI, as I'm on the 2.6.32 kernel, but 1080p output of both MPEG2 and Handbrake transcodes to MKV/h.264 are smooth with the Nvidia 260.x driver (whatever was most recent in my Gentoo portage snapshot sync).  The one thing that has me stumped is the built-in IR receiver.  The machine came with a remote which is MCE compatible, and can turn on the PC with the remote's power button.  Nice feature.  Right now I have an MCE receiver dongle plugged into one of the front USB ports, and with the MCE LIRC module/definitions, I can use either the barebone remote or the one that came with the dongle.  But I'd like to use what's already built-in and lose the dongle.
> 
> I haven't been able to find any definitive info about what the IR chipset is, or how it might be supported by LIRC.  The Jetway website has a Windows driver for it which seems to indicate that it is a Fintek CIR chip, but my internet searches have turned up nothing about Linux support, or even anyone asking the question that I am.  The motherboard is a Jetway NC98-F.  I've tried one of the latest kernels (2.6.35) with patches for some other Atom 330 motherboards (ASRock), as well as all the other "stock" modules from LIRC 0.8.7.  As the barebone is a relatively new offering, I'm not surprised.  Anybody know something?

Yes. There's no Linux driver for that hardware yet. Its planned,
but I don't have an ETA.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com