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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2016-07-17 22:11:47 -0300
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[media] doc-rst: add documentation about IR on V4L boards
This section is outdated, but let's add it, after converting to ReST, and then fix it. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-
infrared remote control support in video4linux drivers
======================================================
+Author: Gerd Hoffmann
+
+.. note::
+
+ This section is outdated.
-basics
+Basics
------
Current versions use the linux input layer to support infrared
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ Feel free to contact me in case of trouble. Note that the ir-kbd-*
modules work on 2.6.x kernels only through ...
-how it works
+How it works
------------
The modules register the remote as keyboard within the linux input
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ events and the like. You can also use the kbd utility to change the
keymaps (2.6.x kernels only through).
-using with lircd
+Using with lircd
================
The cvs version of the lircd daemon supports reading events from the
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ linux input layer (via event device). The input layer tools tarball
comes with a lircd config file.
-using without lircd
+Using without lircd
===================
XFree86 likely can be configured to recognise the remote keys. Once I
@@ -69,4 +73,3 @@ Have fun,
Gerd
--
-Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>