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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
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.. _Remote_controllers_Intro:
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Introduction
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Currently, most analog and digital devices have a Infrared input for
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remote controllers. Each manufacturer has their own type of control. It
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is not rare for the same manufacturer to ship different types of
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controls, depending on the device.
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A Remote Controller interface is mapped as a normal evdev/input
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interface, just like a keyboard or a mouse. So, it uses all ioctls
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already defined for any other input devices.
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However, remove controllers are more flexible than a normal input
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device, as the IR receiver (and/or transmitter) can be used in
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conjunction with a wide variety of different IR remotes.
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In order to allow flexibility, the Remote Controller subsystem allows
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controlling the RC-specific attributes via
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:ref:`the sysfs class nodes <remote_controllers_sysfs_nodes>`.
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