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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c13
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
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) {