I actually tested by setting amremote=1 but kept the original "if test.." line on a previous attempt. Couldn't say I saw any different behavior. But then again.. I have fiddled alot with remote.conf and toggled LIRC on/off several times, I probably broke something I could actually see some kernel prints from "remote:" so the IR receiver is working but it seems to be limited to the NEC protocol?
Anyhow on a different note. I tested your latest build LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.2-8.2.2.1-LePotato.img.gz but It does not boot. Found out the hard way since it auto-updated and on next boot the Potato was dead Checked console UART and it fails in U-Boot, something about "not a valid dtb". So I tried to replace the working dtb.img but there was no difference. Just to let you know! Thanks for the builds! Everything else is just great!