Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: hid: microsoft: Add rumble support for Xbox One S controller | From | Florian Dollinger <> | Date | Thu, 27 Sep 2018 00:50:04 +0200 |
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> Sure it is, but: > - it's not an "XBox One S controller", it's a variant of the "XBox One > controller" shipped with the XBox One S. > - we discussed this on the linux-bluetooth mailing-list in August 2016: > https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg68102.html > revived the thread in 2017: > https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg72750.html > and discussed the force feedback in particular in August this year: > https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg57744.html > - why would we look for a "driver" when there's already one in the > kernel that supports all the xbox controllers except this one? :) > > Really, as much as it's nice to find working code for this device, it's > surprising you didn't contact any kernel developer before, rather than > us having to find you.
Fair enough :)
> Yes, but that's not the way the drivers are usually arranged. They're > arranged by vendors, so this driver would need to be merged into the > "hid-microsoft.c" driver.
That's probably the main reason for not getting in touch earlier, I really don't like the idea of putting everything into the same driver just because it is the same vendor - or at leas the same name (even if Microsoft Xbox has nearly nothing to do with other parts of Microsoft).
> I'm pretty sure that the USB version can also be made to use HID.
I really don't think so, I already gave it a try. At least not "out of the box".
> I have no idea how the RF protocol would work though. I imagine it > requires a dongle, or does it actually use Wi-Fi? (that would be > surprising...).
In theory it does need one, but it is nothing more than normal Wi-Fi (2,4 and 5 GHz) - you can talk to the gamepad using any Wi-Fi card / stick you want. The problem is, that the connection is secured somehow. If you are interested, take a look here: https://github.com/atar-axis/xpadneo/wiki/Microsoft-Xbox-One-Wireless-Adapter
> Anyway, I don't have much time to work on it right this minute, but it > would be great if you could send your Bluetooth patch to start with, > and we can iterate on that, and fix the other problems as we clear the > priority list.
Jap, I will do that - Thank you so far!
> Cheers
Dito.
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