diff -Nur -x '*~' udev-096/etc/udev/60-persistent-input.rules udev-096-fi/etc/udev/60-persistent-input.rules
--- udev-096/etc/udev/60-persistent-input.rules	2006-07-09 22:48:19.000000000 +0300
+++ udev-096-fi/etc/udev/60-persistent-input.rules	2006-08-06 23:36:10.000000000 +0300
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 SUBSYSTEM!="input", GOTO="persistent_input_end"
 KERNEL=="input[0-9]*", GOTO="persistent_input_end"
 
+# joystick devices
+SYSFS{modalias}=="input:*-*a[068],*|input:*-*a*,[68],*m*", SYSFS{modalias}!="input:*-*k*14A,*r*", ENV{ID_CLASS}="joystick"
+
 # usb devices
 BUS=="usb", IMPORT{program}="usb_id -x"
 BUS=="usb", SYSFS{bInterfaceClass}=="03", SYSFS{bInterfaceProtocol}=="01", ENV{ID_CLASS}="kbd"