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December 13, 2009
Kernel support for infrared receivers [LWN.net]
Saying that the kernel should have no protocol understanding because you might wish to decode the signals from the remote to your 1976 airconditioner using a diode hooked to the mic connector on your soundcard sound to me like saying TCP/IP and the e1000 driver shouldn't be in the kernel because you might want to run SNA/SDLC over your homebrew hardware connected to a serial port (hint, you can - from userspace).
Kernel support for infrared receivers [LWN.net]
Posted by thdyck on December 13, 2009
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