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From: "François-Xavier Carton" <fx.carton91@gmail.com>
To: Ethan Lee <flibitijibibo@gmail.com>
Cc: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>, linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] HID: gamecube-adapter: add nintendo gamecube adapter
Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 04:27:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200512022757.GA11974@pc-fx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bc392ac3-f70c-be0c-c7f2-a6f69279152b@gmail.com>

I see, that makes sense.


On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 08:22:44PM -0400, Ethan Lee wrote:
> Oh good, that hidapi char should indeed prevent any conflicts - forgot 
> that Sam had that in there. Once this driver is merged we can add a new 
> entry to the database right away.
> 
> The way the gamepad system works in SDL is that there is SDL_Joystick, 
> which provides direct access to devices, and SDL_GameController, which 
> tries to take known hardware from SDL_Joystick and maps them to an 
> Xbox-style button layout. For us it's generally considered okay for 
> joysticks to not follow any standards, since you typically only access 
> them for very specific kinds of devices (flight sim controllers, stuff 
> like that) and those developers will often want their data as untouched 
> as humanly possible, while most game developers will only touch 
> SDL_GameController, which wrangles all the quirks of each device and the 
> specifics won't matter as much.
> 
> -Ethan

      reply	other threads:[~2020-05-12  2:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-06  0:47 [PATCH 1/3] HID: gamecube-adapter: add nintendo gamecube adapter François-Xavier Carton
2020-05-06  0:48 ` [PATCH 2/3] HID: gamecube-adapter: add rumble support François-Xavier Carton
2020-05-06  0:48 ` [PATCH 3/3] HID: gamecube-adapter: make axis limits parameters François-Xavier Carton
2020-05-09 23:50 ` [PATCH 1/3] HID: gamecube-adapter: add nintendo gamecube adapter François-Xavier Carton
2020-05-10 12:45 ` Bastien Nocera
2020-05-11 14:09   ` Ethan Lee
2020-05-11 23:23     ` François-Xavier Carton
2020-05-12  0:22       ` Ethan Lee
2020-05-12  2:27         ` François-Xavier Carton [this message]

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