Bug#680762: [stable 2.6.36+] lirc_sir: make device registration work

[Ben Hutchings]

On Wed, 2012-08-01 at 15:51 +0200, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Please consider adding "[media] lirc_sir: make device registration 
> work" to stable:
> 
> <formletter>
> 
> This probably needs to get acked by the subsystem maintainer.
> 
> </formletter>

Mauro, Jarod?

> commit 4b71ca6bce8fab3d08c61bf330e781f957934ae1
> Author: Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com>
> Date:   Mon Jun 4 13:05:24 2012 -0300
> 
>     [media] lirc_sir: make device registration work
[...]
> This commit fixes loading the lirc_sir module, which previously 
> wouldn't load/ be usable at all (since its introduction in v2.6.36).
> 
> serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
> smsc_superio_flat(): fir: 0x230, sir: 0x2f8, dma: 03, irq: 3, mode: 0x0e
> smsc_ircc_present: can't get sir_base of 0x2f8
> […]
> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 251
> lirc_sir: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
> lirc_register_driver: dev pointer not filled in!
> lirc_sir: init_chrdev() failed.
[...]

It looks like lirc_register_driver() really ought to be renamed...

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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