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| author | Ulises Mendez Martinez <umendez@google.com> | 2026-09-04 15:07:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2026-09-13 18:15:43 -0700 |
| commit | 7e61560628d17ea6b1d8ee370f6d42694cff8758 (patch) | |
| tree | e6080164b2f4c4c419894bdb3ce4d956ca9a98c5 /Documentation/admin-guide/media/remote-controller.rst | |
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objtool: Validate disassembler headers in libopcodes probegrafted
commit 3f2de814c059 ("objtool: Fix libopcodes linking with static libraries")
tested for libopcodes availability by linking a test snippet with a forward
declaration of disassemble_init_for_target().
However, testing symbol linkage with an extern declaration only verifies
the presence of the library (.so/.a) and bypasses checking for development
headers (binutils-dev). On systems where libopcodes is present without
development headers installed, the probe succeeds, enabling BUILD_DISAS.
Subsequent compilation of objtool then fails:
fatal error: 'bfd.h' file not found
113 | #include <bfd.h>
Additionally, the probe invokes $(HOSTCC) without $(HOSTCFLAGS), ignoring
any sysroot or include flags specified for the host compiler.
Fix this by including <bfd.h> and <dis-asm.h> directly in the test snippet,
passing $(HOSTCFLAGS) so host compiler options are respected, and defining
PACKAGE="objtool" to satisfy the configuration check in <bfd.h>.
Fixes: 3f2de814c059 ("objtool: Fix libopcodes linking with static libraries")
Fixes: 436326bc525d ("objtool: fix build failure due to missing libopcodes check")
Reported-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Assisted-by: Antigravity:Gemini-Next
Signed-off-by: Ulises Mendez Martinez <umendez@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260904150710.2997558-1-umendez@google.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/remote-controller.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/remote-controller.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..188944b00 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/remote-controller.rst @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +====================================================== +Infrared remote control support in video4linux drivers +====================================================== + +Authors: Gerd Hoffmann, Mauro Carvalho Chehab + +Basics +====== + +Most analog and digital TV boards support remote controllers. Several of +them have a microprocessor that receives the IR carriers, convert into +pulse/space sequences and then to scan codes, returning such codes to +userspace ("scancode mode"). Other boards return just the pulse/space +sequences ("raw mode"). + +The support for remote controller in scancode mode is provided by the +standard Linux input layer. The support for raw mode is provided via LIRC. + +In order to check the support and test it, it is suggested to download +the `v4l-utils <https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/>`_. It provides +two tools to handle remote controllers: + +- ir-keytable: provides a way to query the remote controller, list the + protocols it supports, enable in-kernel support for IR decoder or + switch the protocol and to test the reception of scan codes; + +- ir-ctl: provide tools to handle remote controllers that support raw mode + via LIRC interface. + +Usually, the remote controller module is auto-loaded when the TV card is +detected. However, for a few devices, you need to manually load the +ir-kbd-i2c module. + +How it works +============ + +The modules register the remote as keyboard within the linux input +layer, i.e. you'll see the keys of the remote as normal key strokes +(if CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD is enabled). + +Using the event devices (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV) it is possible for +applications to access the remote via /dev/input/event<n> devices. +The udev/systemd will automatically create the devices. If you install +the `v4l-utils <https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/>`_, it may also +automatically load a different keytable than the default one. Please see +`v4l-utils <https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/>`_ ir-keytable.1 +man page for details. + +The ir-keytable tool is nice for trouble shooting, i.e. to check +whenever the input device is really present, which of the devices it +is, check whenever pressing keys on the remote actually generates +events and the like. You can also use any other input utility that changes +the keymaps, like the input kbd utility. + + +Using with lircd +---------------- + +The latest versions of the lircd daemon supports reading events from the +linux input layer (via event device). It also supports receiving IR codes +in lirc mode. + + +Using without lircd +------------------- + +Xorg recognizes several IR keycodes that have its numerical value lower +than 247. With the advent of Wayland, the input driver got updated too, +and should now accept all keycodes. Yet, you may want to just reassign +the keycodes to something that your favorite media application likes. + +This can be done by setting +`v4l-utils <https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/>`_ to load your own +keytable in runtime. Please read ir-keytable.1 man page for details. |
