Comment 2 for bug 508266

Hmm, sorry, first time posting a patch, here's the other patch, also I forgot that I patched the /usr/src/lirc-0.8.6/Makefile as well, please find it following.

$ ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.31-17-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_wpc8769l.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15408 2010-01-17 15:54 /lib/modules/2.6.31-17-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_wpc8769l.ko

$ modinfo lirc_wpc8769l
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.31-17-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_wpc8769l.ko
version: 0.0
description: Driver for the integrated Winbond WPC8769L-based IR receiver found in Acer laptops.
author: Juan J. Garcia de Soria
license: GPL
srcversion: A4EF2B4A2EE6DEAC24CDF0C
depends: lirc_dev
vermagic: 2.6.31-17-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586
parm: debug:Enable debugging messages (bool)
parm: baseport1:First I/O range base address (default: ACPI autodetect). (uint)
parm: baseport2:Second I/O range base address (default: ACPI autodetect). (uint)
parm: irq:IRQ number (default: ACPI autodetect). (uint)
parm: skip_probe:Skip ACPI-based device detection (default: false for ACPI autodetect). (bool)

Information from command line and dmesg when attempting to load the resulting module:

$:/lib/modules/2.6.31-17-generic$ sudo modprobe lirc_wpc8769l
FATAL: Error inserting lirc_wpc8769l (/lib/modules/2.6.31-17-generic/updates/dkms/lirc_wpc8769l.ko): No such device

$:/lib/modules/2.6.31-17-generic/updates/dkms$ sudo insmod lirc_wpc8769l.ko
insmod: error inserting 'lirc_wpc8769l.ko': -1 No such device

$dmesg | tail
[ 4368.162423] lirc_wpc8769l: Found WEC1020 device via ACPI.
[ 4368.162650] lirc_wpc8769l: Not all required resources found for lirc_wpc8769l device.
[ 4384.508336] lirc_wpc8769l: Found WEC1020 device via ACPI.
[ 4384.508563] lirc_wpc8769l: Not all required resources found for lirc_wpc8769l device.
[ 4426.799540] lirc_wpc8769l: Found WEC1020 device via ACPI.
[ 4426.799768] lirc_wpc8769l: Not all required resources found for lirc_wpc8769l device.