[pvrusb2] PVR USB2 receiving IR keyboard codes

[Rod Smith]

On Monday 09 April 2007 13:57, Mike Isely wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Rod Smith wrote:
> > On Sunday 08 April 2007 22:00, Mike Isely wrote:
>
>    [...]
>
> > > It
> > > sounds to me like Rod's issue is that ir-kbd-i2c (the V4L IR driver) is
> > > loaded - try unloading it.
> >
> > I'd love to but I can't:
> >
> > # rmmod ir_kbd_i2c
> > ERROR: Module ir_kbd_i2c is in use by saa7134
>
> I was afraid you were going to say this :-(
...
> 3. Then there's the low-tech option: Go get some black electrical tape.
> Cut a square that's roughly 1cm/side and stick it over the front of the
> PVR US2 device, over where the IR port is located.

The low-tech solution worked, but of course it's inelegant from a systems 
point of view. I wonder why the saa7134 driver insists on loading the 
ir_kbd_i2c driver....

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