From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 19:08:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C03416A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:08:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from GWIA01.sftp.com (mail.sftp.com [65.243.46.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A60143D5F for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:08:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bSawyer@sftp.com) Received: from mail.sftp.com ([192.10.2.3]) by GWIA01.sftp.com; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:11:40 -0500 Received: from SF_Mail-Message_Server by mail.sftp.com with Novell_GroupWise; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:03:59 -0500 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.5 Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:03:31 -0500 From: "Bill Sawyer" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: emu10k1 gamepad support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:08:01 -0000 I'm currently running 4.10-STABLE, and I have a SB Live 5.1 card in my = box. I've been dying to get my Microsoft Sidewinder gamepad working = through the gamepad/MIDI port. However, I couldn't figure out how to get = the joy device working properly. The original code appeared to support an = ISA device, but this is a PCI card. I have a license for OSS, so I've been using that for sound support for = the past two weeks. Dev informed me that OSS enables the joystick port on = the gamepad, but doesn't load a driver for it. I'm kinda stuck right now. = I can read code, but I don't know enough C to actually write sophisticated= code by myself, much less port drivers. I'd like to find a driver that = will interact with the OSS drivers, but I'd also like to work on finding a = driver that will interact with the default pcm driver, so that individuals = who wish to use FreeBSD's native sound system can benefit from having = gamepad support. Dev recommended I look into porting the emu10k1-gp driver to FreeBSD. I = had also seen a patch floating around a while ago on Usenet for modifying = the actual joy driver, but that didn't really get me anywhere. Does = anybody have any suggestions? Any help would be welcome. If anybody is = porting/has ported/is willing to port gamepad drivers to FreeBSD, that = would definitely make my day. I'd like to help the FreeBSD project move forward with its multimedia = support. Once I can get PCI gamepad support running, I won't have any = reasons to boot into Windows anymore, and I'm sure my sentiment is shared. Thanks, Bill Sawyer Information Systems Six Flags St. Louis (636) 938-5300 x. 231