PS3's Joystick on FreeBSD (can be possible?)

[Alexander Best]

Paul B Mahol schrieb am 2010-03-13:
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Alexander Best <alexbestms at wwu.de>
> wrote:
> > Hans Petter Selasky schrieb am 2010-03-13:
> >> On Saturday 13 March 2010 13:21:10 Paul B Mahol wrote:
> >> > On 3/13/10, Alexander Best <alexbestms at wwu.de> wrote:
> >> > > Paul B Mahol schrieb am 2010-03-13:
> >> > >> On 3/13/10, Alexander Best <alexbestms at wwu.de> wrote:
> >> > >> > i'm sorry to hijack this thread, but i've been having
> >> > >> > similar
> >> > >> > issues as
> >> > >> > Vinicius with his PS3 controller with my logitech cordless
> >> > >> > gamepad.
> >> > >> > this is
> >> > >> > the attach message:

> >> > >> > ugen3.3: <Logitech> at usbus3
> >> > >> > uhid0: <Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2, class 0/0,
> >> > >> > rev
> >> > >> > 1.10/2.00,
> >> > >> > addr
> >> > >> > 3> on usbus3

> >> > >> > the output of `usbhidctl -f /dev/uhid0 -r` is:

> >> > >> > Report descriptor:
> >> > >> > Collection page=Generic_Desktop usage=Game_Pad
> >> > >> > Total   input size 0 bytes
> >> > >> > Total  output size 0 bytes
> >> > >> > Total feature size 0 bytes

> >> > >> > if i do `hd /dev/uhid0` is see output like this when
> >> > >> > pressing
> >> > >> > buttons on the
> >> > >> > gamepad:

> >> > >> > 00000000  01 78 72 88 69 08 00 01  01 80 7f 7f 80 18 00 00

> >> > >> > |.xr.i...........|

> >> > >> > 00000010  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > 00000020  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 28 00 00

> >> > >> > |.............(..|

> >> > >> > 00000030  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 48 00 00

> >> > >> > |.............H..|

> >> > >> > 00000040  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 88 00 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > 00000050  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 01 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > 00000060  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 02 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > 00000070  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 04 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > 00000080  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 08 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > 00000090  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 10 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > 000000a0  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 20 00

> >> > >> > |..............

> >> > >> > .|
> >> > >> > 000000b0  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 04 00 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > 000000c0  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 06 00 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > 000000d0  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 00 00 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > 000000e0  01 80 7f 7f 80 08 00 00  01 80 7f 7f 80 02 00 00

> >> > >> > |................|

> >> > >> > the pad has 10 buttons, 1 analog stick, 2 digital sticks, a
> >> > >> > "mode"
> >> > >> > button
> >> > >> > and
> >> > >> > a "vibration" button.

> >> > >> There was/is ujoy in development but that is all.

> >> > > thanks for the hint. i mailed the developer a year or so ago
> >> > > due
> >> > > to his
> >> > > post on the freebsd-drivers@ mailinglist [1], but he told
> >> > > development of
> >> > > the ujoy driver had ceased. i checked the site mentioned in
> >> > > his
> >> > > post and
> >> > > the ujoy driver from back then is also no longer available.

> >> > > so there is no way of xorg or hal working directly with uhid
> >> > > devices
> >> > > then?

> >> > There is xf86-input-joystick, but I dunno about its usability.


> >> Also look here:

> >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/uhidd

> > thanks for the hint. i'm about to try it out. however i'm having
> > difficulties
> > recompiling my kernel without ukbd (which is required for using
> > uhidd):

> You can build all usb stuff as module. It only eats little more disk
> space ...

thanks for the hint, but since uhidd won't help me with my problem i'm no
longer trying to compile my kernel without ums, uhid and ukbd.

however i filed a pr under usb/144751, because building a kernel without ukbd
seems broken on CURRENT.

cheers.
alex