Logitech xbox gamepad as a uhid

[Kevin Downey]

On Feb 4, 2008 7:39 AM, Markus Brueffer <markus at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2008 20:47:48 schrieb Kevin Downey:
>
> > I have a wireless xbox (not xbox 360) gamepad that I would like to use
> > as a remote control for media stuff in X. I figure a first step in
> > that direction is to get it recognized as a uhid device.
> >
> > I find it hard to believe that I am the first person to do this on a
> > freebsd box, yet googling the only hits I get are about xbox360
> > gamepad support.
> >
> >
> > uhub7: <Logitech Wingman Wireless Xbox Controller (hub), class 9/0,
> > rev 1.10/1.03, addr 2> on uhub1
> > uhub7: 3 ports with 2 removable, bus powered
> > id->bInterfaceClass 0x58
> > ugen0: <vendor 0x046d product 0xca84, class 0/0, rev 1.10/1.03, addr 3> on
> > uhub7
> >
...
> > My idea was maybe I could just add a case for this controller.
> > Does anyone have any pointers(har har), besides "read the source" for
> > how to get this working?
>
> A first start would be to get it recognized by uhid(4). Please provide a
> descriptor dump of the device using sysutils/udesc_dump from ports.
>
> Markus
>
pasted and incase gmail mangles it,
http://thelastcitadel.com/lab/udesc_dump_logitech_wireless_xbox.txt

Standard Device Descriptor:
  bLength            18
  bDescriptorType    01
  bcdUSB             0110
  bDeviceClass       00
  bDeviceSubClass    00
  bDeviceProtocol    00
  bMaxPacketSize     8
  idVendor           046d
  idProduct          ca84
  bcdDevice          0103
  iManufacturer      0
  iProduct           0
  iSerialNumber      0
  bNumConfigurations 1

Configuration 0:
        Standard Configuration Descriptor:
          bLength             9
          bDescriptorType     02
          wTotalLength        32
          bNumInterface       1
          bConfigurationValue 1
          iConfiguration      0
          bmAttributes        80
          bMaxPower           50 (100 mA)

        Standard Interface Descriptor:
          bLength            9
          bDescriptorType    04
          bInterfaceNumber   0
          bAlternateSetting  0
          bNumEndpoints      2
          bInterfaceClass    58
          bInterfaceSubClass 42
          bInterfaceProtocol 00
          iInterface         0

        Standard Endpoint Descriptor:
          bLength          7
          bDescriptorType  05
          bEndpointAddress 81 (in)
          bmAttributes     03 (Interrupt)
          wMaxPacketSize   32
          bInterval        4

        Standard Endpoint Descriptor:
          bLength          7
          bDescriptorType  05
          bEndpointAddress 02 (out)
          bmAttributes     03 (Interrupt)
          wMaxPacketSize   32
          bInterval        4



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