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Date:      Fri, 22 May 2009 18:07:34 +0200
From:      Sebastiaan van Erk <sebster@sebster.com>
To:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD as USB joystick
Message-ID:  <4A16CDC6.2030403@sebster.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905221746001.18283@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Hi,

Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>
>> That is, I have a PS2 and want to be able to control it via my laptop. 
>> This would amount to connecting a USB cable between my PS2 and my 
>> laptop, and getting the PS2 to detect it as a joystick with the right 
>> identifier string, and being able to send button presses etc via my 
>> laptop to the PS2.
>>
> PC USB controllers has only host mode, not device mode, so the answer is 
> no.

Ok, that's a clear answer. Are there any alternatives? For example a PCI 
expansion card that does USB device mode and is programmable? Might be 
difficult to get working under FreeBSD though maybe?

Regards,
Sebastiaan

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