On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 13:43:56 +0100, Sean Young [off-list ref] wrote:

This interface is much better but it's also an ABI change. How should

this

be handled? Should rc-core expose it's own /dev/rc[0-9] device with its
own ioctls?

That was the plan yes. I've posted a patchbomb in the past to the
linux-media mailing list which implements a rc specific chardev with an
ioctl/read/write based API.

Since the entire patchset is a bit much to digest and merging of patches
has been slow lately, I'm trying to drip-feed the patches. The lirc TX
rework was part of that process. It basically lays the groundwork for later
patches.

//David