[PATCH] dvb: usb: add module parm to disable remote control polling

Add module parameter to deactive remote control polling.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Boettcher <pb@linuxtv.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c
index 9f1e23f..f4038bf 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 	/* TODO: need a lock here.  We can simply skip checking for the remote control
 	   if we're busy. */
 
+	/* when the parameter has been set to 1 via sysfs while the driver was running */
+	if (dvb_usb_disable_rc_polling)
+		return;
+
 	if (d->props.rc_query(d,&event,&state)) {
 		err("error while querying for an remote control event.");
 		goto schedule;
@@ -85,7 +89,9 @@
 int dvb_usb_remote_init(struct dvb_usb_device *d)
 {
 	int i;
-	if (d->props.rc_key_map == NULL)
+	if (d->props.rc_key_map == NULL ||
+		d->props.rc_query == NULL ||
+		dvb_usb_disable_rc_polling)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Initialise the remote-control structures.*/