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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-read.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-read.rst index ff14a69104e5..c024aaffb8ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-read.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-read.rst @@ -45,13 +45,20 @@ descriptor ``fd`` into the buffer starting at ``buf``. If ``count`` is zero, is greater than ``SSIZE_MAX``, the result is unspecified. The exact format of the data depends on what :ref:`lirc_modes` a driver -uses. Use :ref:`lirc_get_features` to get the supported mode. +uses. Use :ref:`lirc_get_features` to get the supported mode, and use +:ref:`lirc_set_rec_mode` set the current active mode. -The generally preferred mode for receive is -:ref:`LIRC_MODE_MODE2 <lirc-mode-mode2>`, -in which packets containing an int value describing an IR signal are +The mode :ref:`LIRC_MODE_MODE2 <lirc-mode-mode2>` is for raw IR, +in which packets containing an unsigned int value describing an IR signal are read from the chardev. +Alternatively, :ref:`LIRC_MODE_SCANCODE <lirc-mode-scancode>` can be available, +in this mode scancodes which are either decoded by software decoders, or +by hardware decoders. The :c:type:`rc_proto` member is set to the +protocol used for transmission, and ``scancode`` to the decoded scancode, +and the ``keycode`` set to the keycode or ``KEY_RESERVED``. + + Return Value ============ |