[plug] IrDA - Finding support

Trevor Phillips T.Phillips at murdoch.edu.au
Mon Sep 8 20:26:26 WST 2003


Cameron Patrick wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 07:13:46PM +0800, Trevor Phillips wrote:
> | Ultimately I want to use it with lirc.
> 
> Last time I looked at LIRC (which was a year or so ago) it wasn't
> possible to use irda as irda requires different magic to normal consumer
> remote controls.  (i.e. Speaks its own protocol to other irda devices
> only, or something)

Hmmm, really? So there's no point me getting IrDA itself working, if all 
I want is Lirc.

Still, that still leaves me with trying to find out what driver I need...


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