The lirc_zilog driver only polls the device if the lirc chardev is opened; do the same with the rc-core driver.
Signed-off-by: Sean Young <s...@mess.org> --- drivers/media/i2c/ir-kbd-i2c.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/ir-kbd-i2c.c b/drivers/media/i2c/ir-kbd-i2c.c index 1b8cd1b75bfb..22f32717638a 100644 --- a/drivers/media/i2c/ir-kbd-i2c.c +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/ir-kbd-i2c.c @@ -298,6 +298,22 @@ static void ir_work(struct work_struct *work) schedule_delayed_work(&ir->work, msecs_to_jiffies(ir->polling_interval)); } +static int ir_open(struct rc_dev *dev) +{ + struct IR_i2c *ir = dev->priv; + + schedule_delayed_work(&ir->work, 0); + + return 0; +} + +static void ir_close(struct rc_dev *dev) +{ + struct IR_i2c *ir = dev->priv; + + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ir->work); +} + /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */ static int ir_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) @@ -441,6 +457,9 @@ static int ir_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) rc->input_phys = ir->phys; rc->device_name = name; rc->dev.parent = &client->dev; + rc->priv = ir; + rc->open = ir_open; + rc->close = ir_close; /* * Initialize the other fields of rc_dev @@ -450,14 +469,12 @@ static int ir_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) if (!rc->driver_name) rc->driver_name = KBUILD_MODNAME; + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ir->work, ir_work); + err = rc_register_device(rc); if (err) goto err_out_free; - /* start polling via eventd */ - INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ir->work, ir_work); - schedule_delayed_work(&ir->work, 0); - return 0; err_out_free: -- 2.13.6