[vdr] Re: Remote Control over USB

[Rene Bartsch <ml@bartschnet.de>]

Am Die, 2003-07-08 um 14.24 schrieb Stephan Schmidt:

> > Of course, yes. But this means you have to install a driver module. So
> > you have to be root and you might break your system if you mess up
> > things. Some input/HID-class in the firmware would make the Igor-USB a
> > real plug&pray device (or what is USB for?)!
> > 
> > Rene
> Hmm, really difficult to answer. For reall HID devices like mices,
> keyboards and most mass storage devices this is more or less true. But,
> there is anywhere a but, this is no true HID because it has some special
> features not fitting in to this scheme.
> Another thing is that you also have for HID's to load a kernelmodule. Or
> has this changed in the meantime? ;-) That the most, if not all, modern
> distros load this modules by default does not mean that this modules
> does not exist. 
> For every USB-Networkadapter you have to load a module. 
> I think that it is more or less no problem because people which don't
> like this device don't need to load this module and have no risk.
> For the others, no risk no fun. :-)

No risk, no fun is fine, if you're bored. But not if there are risk and
fun waiting on every corner like it currently is with DVB on linux
(especially with the LinuxDVB driver). So I'm looking for a clean and
affordable solution for my terminal-server.

Hmm, how is it solved in the DVB-driver? It only needs the input-device
support. That way the software - like the remote-plugin - can access the
device generically (/dev/input/...).

Rene



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