Re: joydev bug with playstation USB adapter

[Renato <rennabh@gmail.com>]

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On Sat, 2 Feb 2013 01:11:17 Jiri Kosina wrote
>On Sat, 2 Feb 2013, renato wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have two playstation USB adpters, one of them with this [1]
>> "lsusb -v" (the other I don't have access to ATM) and they both give
>> me the following buggy behaviour: the range of the sticks is limited
>> - i.e. value 32767 is reached when the stick is only about half-way
>> through its run, leaving a big dead zone after that. This happens on
>> all axes and recalibrating with "jscal -c" didn't help.
>> 
>> I'm on an up-to-date Archlinux, kernel 3.7.5, and have tried various
>> kernel versions down to 3.0.1 with same results.
>> 
>> Is there any other info I can provide?
>
>[ adding Anssi to CC ]
>
>Hi renato,
>
>there is a driver for this particular device (hid-pl), written by
>Anssi Hannula.
>
>So before I'll be digging into this any further -- Anssi, does this 
>limited range sound familiar to you when it comes to 0x0810/0x001
>device?
>
>Thanks.
>
>> 
>> thanks,
>> renato
>> 
>> 
>> [1]
>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0810:0001 Personal Communication Systems, Inc.
>> Dual PSX A daptor
>> Device Descriptor:
>>   bLength                18
>>   bDescriptorType         1
>>   bcdUSB               1.00
>>   bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
>>   bDeviceSubClass         0
>>   bDeviceProtocol         0
>>   bMaxPacketSize0         8
>>   idVendor           0x0810 Personal Communication Systems, Inc.
>>   idProduct          0x0001 Dual PSX Adaptor
>>   bcdDevice            1.06
>>   iManufacturer           0
>>   iProduct                2 Twin USB Joystick
>>   iSerial                 0
>>   bNumConfigurations      1
>>   Configuration Descriptor:
>>     bLength                 9
>>     bDescriptorType         2
>>     wTotalLength           34
>>     bNumInterfaces          1
>>     bConfigurationValue     1
>>     iConfiguration          0
>>     bmAttributes         0x80
>>       (Bus Powered)
>>     MaxPower              500mA
>>     Interface Descriptor:
>>       bLength                 9
>>       bDescriptorType         4
>>       bInterfaceNumber        0
>>       bAlternateSetting       0
>>       bNumEndpoints           1
>>       bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
>>       bInterfaceSubClass      0 No Subclass
>>       bInterfaceProtocol      0 None
>>       iInterface              0
>>         HID Device Descriptor:
>>           bLength                 9
>>           bDescriptorType        33
>>           bcdHID               1.10
>>           bCountryCode           33 US
>>           bNumDescriptors         1
>>           bDescriptorType        34 Report
>>           wDescriptorLength     202
>>          Report Descriptors:
>>            ** UNAVAILABLE **
>>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>>         bLength                 7
>>         bDescriptorType         5
>>         bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
>>         bmAttributes            3
>>           Transfer Type            Interrupt
>>           Synch Type               None
>>           Usage Type               Data
>>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
>>         bInterval              10
>> Device Status:     0x0000
>>   (Bus Powered)
>> 
>
>-- 
>Jiri Kosina
>SUSE Labs
>--

Hi, so any news on this? I still have a limited range on my gamepads'
analog sticks, with kernel 3.9.9.

I woul've CCed Anssi Hannula as was suggested by you but I couln't find
his mail.

cheers,
renato
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