lirc_register_driver: dev pointer not filled in!

[Massimo Dal Zotto]

Lirc package installed on a Dell Latitude d600 with builtin infrared port and configured for "SIR IrDA (built-in IR ports)" on /dev/ttyS1 (io=0x2f8, irq=3). BIOS is configured with IrDA on COM2.

Created /etc/modprobe.d/lirc-sir.conf with:

install lirc_sir setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none; modprobe --ignore-install lirc_sir irq=3 io=0x2f8

Starting lirc gives the following error:

# /etc/init.d/lirc start
 * Loading LIRC modules [ OK ]
 * Unable to load LIRC kernel modules. Verify your
 * selected kernel modules in /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

and the following kernel messages:

[ 23.184985] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 251
[ 23.192510] init: apport pre-start process (867) terminated with status 1
[ 23.222720] lirc_sir: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[ 23.229006] lirc_register_driver: dev pointer not filled in!
[ 23.229083] lirc_sir: init_chrdev() failed.

The lirc_sir module is not loaded and lirc doesn't work. Trying to manually load the module with the following commands gives the same error:

# setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none
# insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_sir.ko irq=3 io=0x2f8
insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_sir.ko': -1 Input/output error

Compiling lirc version 0.9.1-git from the lirc git repository and manually loading the new modules works fine and I can then succesfully start lircd and test my remote with irw:

[ 2354.994042] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 251
[ 2380.204606] lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0
[ 2380.204797] lirc_sir: I/O port 0x02f8, IRQ 3.
[ 2380.204815] lirc_sir: Installed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lirc 0.9.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 5 13:42:56 2012
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lirc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-31 (66 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.lirc.hardware.conf: 2012-01-04T19:38:28.247174
mtime.conffile..etc.lirc.lircd.conf: 2012-01-04T19:07:30.715709

[Alec Leamas (leamas-alec)]

This is clearly a kernel bug (media subsystem) and should be reassigned to the kernel. lirc is not involved in this (the lirc_sir module belongs despite it's name to the kernel).

[Alec Leamas (leamas-alec)]

This is clearly a kernel bug and should be re-assigned to the proper yet-to-be-understood kernel package. Despite it's name, the lirc_sir module belongs to the kernel (media subsystem).

What does 'dpkg -l | grep linux-image-extra' tell us on your host?

[Massimo Dal Zotto (dz)]

2016-11-01 13:55 GMT+01:00 Alec Leamas <email address hidden>:
> This is clearly a kernel bug and should be re-assigned to the proper
> yet-to-be-understood kernel package. Despite it's name, the lirc_sir
> module belongs to the kernel (media subsystem).
>
> What does 'dpkg -l | grep linux-image-extra' tell us on your host?

Hi,

I don't use lirc anymore because my recent laptop lacks the IR port.

Here is the dpkg output:

ii linux-image-extra-4.4.0-43-generic 4.4.0-43.63 amd64 Linux kernel
extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic 4.4.0-45.66 amd64 Linux kernel
extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP

[Alec Leamas (leamas-alec)]

The former lirc modules now belongs to kernel (media subsystem)

[Alec Leamas (leamas-alec)]

OK. Thanks for feedback!

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