From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: Game Controllers Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 08:50:00 -0700 Message-ID: <20130503155000.GA5567@core.coreip.homeip.net> References: <2483279.JlnWrOX8Uv@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com> <20130502083547.279d08a3cbd7a115489de4b7@studenti.unina.it> <20130502170103.GC28625@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20130502204503.GF28625@core.coreip.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-pa0-f45.google.com ([209.85.220.45]:65061 "EHLO mail-pa0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932459Ab3ECPuH (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 May 2013 11:50:07 -0400 Received: by mail-pa0-f45.google.com with SMTP id lj1so993046pab.32 for ; Fri, 03 May 2013 08:50:05 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Todd Showalter Cc: David Herrmann , "open list:HID CORE LAYER" , Bastien Nocera On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 05:10:42PM -0400, Todd Showalter wrote: > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Dmitry Torokhov > wrote: > > > Again, the kernel will try to do the right thing and produce the correct > > events for new input devices, but we are not going to introduce a copy > > of evdev protocol that limits the events to "standard gamepad" ones. > > Ok. I can see there's no point arguing this. What can I do to at > least make sure future devices behave? Is there anything that can be > done about current devices other than translate in userspace? Please post the patches for discussion and keep en eye on changes going into drivers/input/joystick and drivers/hid as you have a vested interest of everyone getting it right. I am not sure about status of PS3 controller, I think Bastien was working on supporting it from userspace? -- Dmitry