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On Friday 27 August 2010 10:53:38 Jim Bryant wrote:
> it'll be a pair of character devices.
> 
 
> lirc compat is a goal of this project though.  most of the work is done
> on that front, i just need to port that over from linux.  the features
> of the imon remote control are well-supported in lirc.  /dev/lirc will
> exist in my driver.

See sys/dev/usb/input/ulpt.c driver for how to create cdevs. Don't use cdev 
directly in the kernel.

--HPS