Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:30:06 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] HID: wiiu-drc: Add a driver for the Wii U gamepad |
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On Tue, 19 Oct 2021, Emmanuel Gil Peyrot wrote:
> > The code looks good to me, the only question/request I'd have is -- would > > it be possible to adhere to the driver naming standards, and actually > > incorporate the support to existing hid-nintendo driver? Or is there any > > substantial reason which I don't see why this wouldn't be a good idea? > > I don’t see any existing driver named that way in mainline, would it be > acceptable to simply rename the current patches to hid-nintendo? What > should be done about the existing hid-wiimote driver then, should it > also be merged alongside?
hid-nintendo has just recently been staged for 5.16 in hid.git#for-5.16/nintendo git branch. Could you please check that?
> Another driver I’d like to submit eventually is the GameCube Controller > Adapter for Wii U, which does exactly what its name says, but being an > external USB adapter it also works on any USB computer; would it make > sense to develop it alongside the current driver, just because it is > sold by the same company?
We generally group the support for HID devices in drivers based on the producing company, with a few exceptions where it doesn't make sense.
Thanks,
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
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