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Date:      Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:39:17 +0100
From:      Markus Brueffer <markus@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Logitech xbox gamepad as a uhid
Message-ID:  <200802041639.24771.markus@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <1d3ed48c0801301147h77e5056h23eb73d0c4ddd1be@mail.gmail.com>

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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
>
> the "id->bInterfaceClass 0x58" is from a printf I added after line 208
> in /sys/dev/usb/uhid.c
>
>
>     /* The Xbox 360 gamepad doesn't use the HID class. */
>     printf("id->bInterfaceClass 0x%x\n",id->bInterfaceClass);
>     if (id->bInterfaceClass != UICLASS_VENDOR ||
>         id->bInterfaceSubClass != UISUBCLASS_XBOX360_CONTROLLER ||
>         id->bInterfaceProtocol != UIPROTO_XBOX360_GAMEPAD)
>       return (UMATCH_NONE);
>
> 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

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