From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1WUwaB-0001oX-VJ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 07:10:19 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52904) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUwa9-0001iv-I1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 07:10:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUwa8-0000BJ-I2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 07:10:17 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-x236.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::236]:43017) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WUwa8-00009v-AB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 07:10:16 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id p61so6162175wes.13 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:10:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=1EZ3CLmwL+xHzVcePLS972xrDlDjHeuiSfnJ072uuFQ=; b=zLK8PcyVXEWK2rm0JYMxc1qyVaLK2GD3GSc17RJLFWcGOk79zd4S98LME+fVFpuVEO NO2XxRLF4LyTgZ86fPLxSgJy9UF9RLZx547Ir7gS7tKyAVmmkEMPv9Fd8rM0MmiJk9om 3jgq/Kc8Wr/pTKASr2Z1Uekyp6vkjaIs3AwU7tyF1B6vhkaJncRH/z2YKWxBMRa7yBh1 iSO7LW7Z+7UyFxrlBR0KUbCrrjWoSElhPfZI46nDwcsQqNkE+RVYNbU4PUHAT6hMdgN/ 3a/vC5l4runvwVugsPVmp0NtwkLAguJhe5GK60KrEZvfWzIgmu45f6xuQtZ8BGjCgYrl k+Sw== X-Received: by 10.194.9.8 with SMTP id v8mr13001820wja.53.1396350608339; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:10:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2620:0:105f:fd00:205:cfff:fea1:262e? ([2620:0:105f:fd00:205:cfff:fea1:262e]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id 48sm39811742eei.24.2014.04.01.04.10.05 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:10:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <533A9E80.9030502@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:09:52 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/24.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: Gamepad support, recognition and use as alternative to keyboard References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="M2LEaACva0aoQCfKIGEenx6CSj9UJDGv7" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c03::236 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:10:18 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --M2LEaACva0aoQCfKIGEenx6CSj9UJDGv7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 01.04.2014 01:00, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Gamepad support for systems with neither mouse nor keyboard. >=20 > Should this be posted as a "feature request" / "wish-list" item using > the bug-report system? Should we just put a tag in square brackets in > the subject-line, such as [feature-request]? >=20 Doesn't really matter. Unless you provide a patch or someone else picks up the item, I don't think this is going to happen. I, and supposedly most other devs, don't even have the gamepad. > The users-support mailing list recently received a post from someone > asking how to set-up grub to work on a system that doesn't have a > keyboard and mouse. It's a gaming machine that might even find it > difficult or impossible to add a mouse or keyboard. Also with the > rise of Steam OS it might be that more people start needing Grub on > gaming devices. Is there already an alternative multi-boot > boot-loader for them? Is it likely to be difficult to get Grub2 to > detect such an unusual device? Each game-pad seems very different to > me so i wondered if that might be a factor? >=20 >=20 > My response was to just tell the original poster to post a bug-report > about it and look for another way of doing this in the shorter-term > but a couple of us are interested in knowing if that was good advice. > Regards from > Tom :) >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >=20 --M2LEaACva0aoQCfKIGEenx6CSj9UJDGv7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlM6no0ACgkQmBXlbbo5nOtgdgD/XtrX8GVY1oIwPSL6UAlNthxe +GwW4DzJqEDyj4/EAxYA/2aA8uHh1hRJhRCXIBaInIjeG1ixclhRvQp4sTz0wyjl =XefI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --M2LEaACva0aoQCfKIGEenx6CSj9UJDGv7--