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-rw-r--r--Documentation/userspace-api/media/lirc.h.rst.exceptions3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/userspace-api/media/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst11
-rw-r--r--drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c13
-rw-r--r--drivers/media/rc/rc-loopback.c6
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/lirc.h11
5 files changed, 30 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/lirc.h.rst.exceptions b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/lirc.h.rst.exceptions
index ec86e82d026d..5f31e967bc50 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/lirc.h.rst.exceptions
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/lirc.h.rst.exceptions
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ ignore define LIRC_SPACE
ignore define LIRC_PULSE
ignore define LIRC_FREQUENCY
ignore define LIRC_TIMEOUT
+ignore define LIRC_OVERFLOW
ignore define LIRC_VALUE
ignore define LIRC_MODE2
ignore define LIRC_IS_SPACE
ignore define LIRC_IS_PULSE
ignore define LIRC_IS_FREQUENCY
ignore define LIRC_IS_TIMEOUT
+ignore define LIRC_IS_OVERFLOW
ignore define LIRC_MODE2SEND
ignore define LIRC_SEND2MODE
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ ignore define PULSE_MASK
ignore define LIRC_MODE2_SPACE
ignore define LIRC_MODE2_PULSE
ignore define LIRC_MODE2_TIMEOUT
+ignore define LIRC_MODE2_OVERFLOW
ignore define LIRC_VALUE_MASK
ignore define LIRC_MODE2_MASK
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst
index 9a5e5f0aae11..d899331b943f 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ on the following table.
``LIRC_MODE2_PULSE``
- Signifies the presence of IR in microseconds.
+ Signifies the presence of IR in microseconds, also known as *flash*.
``LIRC_MODE2_SPACE``
- Signifies absence of IR in microseconds.
+ Signifies absence of IR in microseconds, also known as *gap*.
``LIRC_MODE2_FREQUENCY``
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ on the following table.
to no IR being detected, this packet will be sent, with the number
of microseconds with no IR.
+ ``LIRC_MODE2_OVERFLOW``
+
+ Signifies that the IR receiver encounter an overflow, and some IR
+ is missing. The IR data after this should be correct again. The
+ actual value is not important, but this is set to 0xffffff by the
+ kernel for compatibility with lircd.
+
.. _lirc-mode-pulse:
``LIRC_MODE_PULSE``
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index fa4671fc92be..765375bda0c6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -44,14 +44,13 @@ void lirc_raw_event(struct rc_dev *dev, struct ir_raw_event ev)
/* Receiver overflow, data missing */
if (ev.overflow) {
/*
- * Userspace expects a long space event before the start of
- * the signal to use as a sync. This may be done with repeat
- * packets and normal samples. But if an overflow has been sent
- * then we assume that a long time has passed, so we send a
- * space with the maximum time value.
+ * Send lirc overflow message. This message is unknown to
+ * lircd, but it will interpret this as a long space as
+ * long as the value is set to high value. This resets its
+ * decoder state.
*/
- sample = LIRC_SPACE(LIRC_VALUE_MASK);
- dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "delivering overflow space to lirc_dev\n");
+ sample = LIRC_OVERFLOW(LIRC_VALUE_MASK);
+ dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "delivering overflow to lirc_dev\n");
/* Carrier reports */
} else if (ev.carrier_report) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-loopback.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-loopback.c
index 6441879fcba1..b356041c5c00 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-loopback.c
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ static int loop_tx_ir(struct rc_dev *dev, unsigned *txbuf, unsigned count)
rawir.pulse = i % 2 ? false : true;
rawir.duration = txbuf[i];
- ir_raw_event_store_with_filter(dev, &rawir);
+ /* simulate overflow if ridiculously long pulse was sent */
+ if (rawir.pulse && rawir.duration > MS_TO_US(50))
+ ir_raw_event_overflow(dev);
+ else
+ ir_raw_event_store_with_filter(dev, &rawir);
}
if (lodev->carrierreport) {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/lirc.h b/include/uapi/linux/lirc.h
index a1f9c26ea537..21c69a6a100d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/lirc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/lirc.h
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@
#define LIRC_MODE2_PULSE 0x01000000
#define LIRC_MODE2_FREQUENCY 0x02000000
#define LIRC_MODE2_TIMEOUT 0x03000000
+#define LIRC_MODE2_OVERFLOW 0x04000000
#define LIRC_VALUE_MASK 0x00FFFFFF
#define LIRC_MODE2_MASK 0xFF000000
-#define LIRC_SPACE(val) (((val)&LIRC_VALUE_MASK) | LIRC_MODE2_SPACE)
-#define LIRC_PULSE(val) (((val)&LIRC_VALUE_MASK) | LIRC_MODE2_PULSE)
-#define LIRC_FREQUENCY(val) (((val)&LIRC_VALUE_MASK) | LIRC_MODE2_FREQUENCY)
-#define LIRC_TIMEOUT(val) (((val)&LIRC_VALUE_MASK) | LIRC_MODE2_TIMEOUT)
+#define LIRC_SPACE(val) (((val) & LIRC_VALUE_MASK) | LIRC_MODE2_SPACE)
+#define LIRC_PULSE(val) (((val) & LIRC_VALUE_MASK) | LIRC_MODE2_PULSE)
+#define LIRC_FREQUENCY(val) (((val) & LIRC_VALUE_MASK) | LIRC_MODE2_FREQUENCY)
+#define LIRC_TIMEOUT(val) (((val) & LIRC_VALUE_MASK) | LIRC_MODE2_TIMEOUT)
+#define LIRC_OVERFLOW(val) (((val) & LIRC_VALUE_MASK) | LIRC_MODE2_OVERFLOW)
#define LIRC_VALUE(val) ((val)&LIRC_VALUE_MASK)
#define LIRC_MODE2(val) ((val)&LIRC_MODE2_MASK)
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
#define LIRC_IS_PULSE(val) (LIRC_MODE2(val) == LIRC_MODE2_PULSE)
#define LIRC_IS_FREQUENCY(val) (LIRC_MODE2(val) == LIRC_MODE2_FREQUENCY)
#define LIRC_IS_TIMEOUT(val) (LIRC_MODE2(val) == LIRC_MODE2_TIMEOUT)
+#define LIRC_IS_OVERFLOW(val) (LIRC_MODE2(val) == LIRC_MODE2_OVERFLOW)
/* used heavily by lirc userspace */
#define lirc_t int