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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_read.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_read.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b0b76c3d1d9a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_read.rst @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _lirc_read: + +************* +LIRC read fop +************* + +The lircd userspace daemon reads raw IR data from the LIRC chardev. The +exact format of the data depends on what modes a driver supports, and +what mode has been selected. lircd obtains supported modes and sets the +active mode via the ioctl interface, detailed at :ref:`lirc_ioctl`. +The generally preferred mode is LIRC_MODE_MODE2, in which packets +containing an int value describing an IR signal are read from the +chardev. + +See also +`http://www.lirc.org/html/technical.html <http://www.lirc.org/html/technical.html>`__ +for more info. |