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P.Kosunen
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 10:20 am    Post subject: app-misc/lirc and kernel 4.16 Reply with quote

What has chanced in lirc with 4.16 kernel, CONFIG_IR_LIRC_CODEC is missing?

Code:
# grep LIRC linux-4.15.15-gentoo/.config
CONFIG_LIRC=m
CONFIG_IR_LIRC_CODEC=m


Code:
# grep LIRC linux-4.16.2-gentoo/.config
CONFIG_LIRC=y
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

According to git, it was removed in media: lirc: lirc interface should not be a raw decoder.
Code:
$ git log --oneline -GIR_LIRC_CODEC v4.15..v4.16 -- '*Kconfig*'
a60d64b15c20 media: lirc: lirc interface should not be a raw decoder
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I sent message to lirc mailing list:
Quote:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a60d64b15c20d178ba3a9bc3a542492b4ddeea70

Kernel config option missing for lirc protocol might not be related to issue, syslog shows:
Apr 21 14:14:09 beebox lircd-0.11.0-devel[3075]: Notice: 'lirc' written to protocols file /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols
Apr 21 14:14:09 beebox lircd-0.11.0-devel[3075]: Info: Initial device: /dev/lirc0
Apr 21 14:14:09 beebox lircd-0.11.0-devel[3075]: Info: [lirc] protocol is enabled

http://kosunen.fi/gentoo/lirc/

Dmesg and logs seem to be fine in both cases, with 4.16 kernel remote just is not working.

mode2 --driver default --device /dev/lirc0
mode2 --driver devinput --device /dev/lirc0
cat /dev/lirc0
cat /dev/input/event11
irw

These commands show no output when using remote with kernel 4.16 and lirc 0.10 or latest from git.


Lirc confs & system logs packed:
http://kosunen.fi/gentoo/lirc-confs-logs.tar.gz


How can i test if nuvoton-cir is working properly?
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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2018 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Im in the same boat, just upgraded to 4.16.7 from 4.15 and lost lirc. I have a hauppauge dvb card that is only used as a remote now and cannot get it to receive anything.
Code:
$ ir-keytable
Found /sys/class/rc/rc0/ (/dev/input/event14) with:
        Name: cx88 IR (Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus
        Driver: cx88xx, table: rc-hauppauge
        lirc device: /dev/lirc0
        Supported protocols: lirc rc-5 rc-5-sz
        Enabled protocols: lirc rc-5
        bus: 1, vendor/product: 0070:9202, version: 0x0001
        Repeat delay = 500 ms, repeat period = 125 ms


this is definitely flakey
Code:
$ mode2 --driver devinput --list-devices
/dev/input/event14 [(null):(null)] ? ? version: ? serial: ?
/dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:04:06.2-event-ir -> ../event14
/dev/input/irremote -> event14


irw aside just doing "cat /dev/input/event14" returns nothing. Looking at dmesg everything loads fine. I'm at a loss at what the problem could be.
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PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2018 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

I don't want to add a "me too" post, but I'm experiencing this as well. Has anyone identified a resolution or alternatively understand the cause?

Thanks,
Nige
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not fixed in 4.17.2 . Still not sure if this is an lirc issue or kernel one.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And fixed in 4.17.3 . I'm willing to bet it was this commit that fixed it.

Code:

commit b72cee00bc77e8cf07dcaa14e751b813342fe3f5
Author: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Date:   Thu May 24 05:47:17 2018 -0400

    media: rc: ensure input/lirc device can be opened after register
   
    commit d7832cd2a3c87eb6ae1e802c88b6fc56c5823f6d upstream.
   
    Since commit cb84343fced1 ("media: lirc: do not call close() or open() on
    unregistered devices") rc_open() will return -ENODEV if rcdev->registered
    is false. Ensure this is set before we register the input device and the
    lirc device, else we have a short window where the neither the lirc or
    input device can be opened.
   
    Fixes: cb84343fced1 ("media: lirc: do not call close() or open() on unregistered devices")
   
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.16+
    Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
    Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saundersx wrote:
And fixed in 4.17.3 .

This kernel works also for me, had to enable LIRC user interface from menuconfig, option to compile as module was gone.
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