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+/* ir-register.c - handle IR scancode->keycode tables
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 by Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/input.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <media/ir-core.h>
+
+#define IRRCV_NUM_DEVICES      256
+
+unsigned long ir_core_dev_number;
+
+static struct class *ir_input_class;
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(ir_protocol, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, NULL, NULL);
+
+static struct attribute *ir_dev_attrs[] = {
+       &dev_attr_ir_protocol.attr,
+};
+
+int ir_register_class(struct input_dev *input_dev)
+{
+       int rc;
+       struct kobject *kobj;
+
+       struct ir_input_dev *ir_dev = input_get_drvdata(input_dev);
+       int devno = find_first_zero_bit(&ir_core_dev_number,
+                                       IRRCV_NUM_DEVICES);
+
+       if (unlikely(devno < 0))
+               return devno;
+
+       ir_dev->attr.attrs = ir_dev_attrs;
+       ir_dev->class_dev = device_create(ir_input_class, NULL,
+                                         input_dev->dev.devt, ir_dev,
+                                         "irrcv%d", devno);
+       kobj = &ir_dev->class_dev->kobj;
+
+       printk(KERN_WARNING "Creating IR device %s\n", kobject_name(kobj));
+       rc = sysfs_create_group(kobj, &ir_dev->attr);
+       if (unlikely(rc < 0)) {
+               device_destroy(ir_input_class, input_dev->dev.devt);
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
+       ir_dev->devno = devno;
+       set_bit(devno, &ir_core_dev_number);
+
+       return 0;
+};
+
+void ir_unregister_class(struct input_dev *input_dev)
+{
+       struct ir_input_dev *ir_dev = input_get_drvdata(input_dev);
+       struct kobject *kobj;
+
+       clear_bit(ir_dev->devno, &ir_core_dev_number);
+
+       kobj = &ir_dev->class_dev->kobj;
+
+       sysfs_remove_group(kobj, &ir_dev->attr);
+       device_destroy(ir_input_class, input_dev->dev.devt);
+
+       kfree(ir_dev->attr.name);
+}
+
+static int __init ir_core_init(void)
+{
+       ir_input_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "irrcv");
+       if (IS_ERR(ir_input_class)) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "ir_core: unable to register irrcv class\n");
+               return PTR_ERR(ir_input_class);
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit ir_core_exit(void)
+{
+       class_destroy(ir_input_class);
+}
+
+module_init(ir_core_init);
+module_exit(ir_core_exit);
 
 };
 
 struct ir_input_dev {
-       struct input_dev                *dev;
-       struct ir_scancode_table        rc_tab;
+       struct input_dev                *dev;           /* Input device*/
+       struct ir_scancode_table        rc_tab;         /* scan/key table */
+       unsigned long                   devno;          /* device number */
+       struct attribute_group          attr;           /* IR attributes */
+       struct device                   *class_dev;     /* virtual class dev */
 };
 
 /* Routines from ir-keytable.c */
                      struct ir_scancode_table *ir_codes);
 void ir_input_unregister(struct input_dev *input_dev);
 
+/* Routines from ir-sysfs.c */
+
+int ir_register_class(struct input_dev *input_dev);
+void ir_unregister_class(struct input_dev *input_dev);
+
 #endif