[Bug 1038371] [NEW] disabling in-kernel support should be optional

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I have an Antec case with an iMon knob device, as well as a serial port
IR receiver.  The knob produces events, so I don't need lirc for it.  I
also use the imon device for lcdproc.  I run lirc, solely to communicate
with the serial IR device.   The current lirc init script attempts to
modify the imon device in /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols.  This is
unnecessary, as I don't intend to use that device with lirc, and
furthermore, for reasons unknown, it occasionally causes the computer to
fail to shut down.  I don't particularly care why echoing "none" to
/sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols hangs occasionally, because it isn't an
operation that needs to be done at all on my system.  I can edit the
init script to prevent this happening, but I'd much prefer for there to
be an option in /etc/lirc/hardware.conf to prevent in-kernel support
from being disabled while i run lirc, and re-enabled when I stop it.

Attached is a patch with a suggested method.

** Affects: lirc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: patch
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disabling in-kernel support should be optional
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1038371
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