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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-10 01:37:04 +0200 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-10 12:50:12 +0200 |
commit | 055d111b11170f5cfc3d5eb534c85ae1d63339a4 (patch) | |
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parent | [media] doc-rst: remove an extra label on V4L2 and CEC parts (diff) | |
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[media] doc-rst: rename some RC files
Some files start with an upper letter. Also, they have big
names. rename them.
No functional changes.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-intro.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-intro.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3707c29d37ed --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-intro.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _Remote_controllers_Intro: + +************ +Introduction +************ + +Currently, most analog and digital devices have a Infrared input for +remote controllers. Each manufacturer has their own type of control. It +is not rare for the same manufacturer to ship different types of +controls, depending on the device. + +A Remote Controller interface is mapped as a normal evdev/input +interface, just like a keyboard or a mouse. So, it uses all ioctls +already defined for any other input devices. + +However, remove controllers are more flexible than a normal input +device, as the IR receiver (and/or transmitter) can be used in +conjunction with a wide variety of different IR remotes. + +In order to allow flexibility, the Remote Controller subsystem allows +controlling the RC-specific attributes via +:ref:`the sysfs class nodes <remote_controllers_sysfs_nodes>`. |