IR decoding with BPF

Re:IR decoding with BPF by fake-name on Friday July 20, 2018 @03:59AM (#17573229)

Why the hell is this in every kernel?

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Re:IR decoding with BPF by MrBuddyCasino on Friday July 20, 2018 @04:38AM (#17573384)

Its buried in the discussion why this might make sense to have in a kernel: being able to control the system as soon as it boots. Think keyboard, but via IR.

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Re:IR decoding with BPF by icebraining on Friday July 20, 2018 @04:33AM (#17573366)

It's not, they're optional modules (drivers/media/rc).

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Re:IR decoding with BPF by jacobush on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:01AM (#17575028)

So in every kernel source tree, not in every build. Good!

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