[haiku-development] Re: usb_joy

>> So what did this meen? no no yes? usb_hid are that a way of accessing
>> USB
>> input devices? so should I still make a joystick device in usb_hid?
>
> Yes, the usb_hid driver should be the only place where USB HID devices
> are handled. So a joystick driver should be implemented as a
> JoystickDevice in usb_hid.
k good to know. Now for another question. Can the usb_hid be used in
Zeta/BeOS?  do I need to replace the USB stack if that's the case?

>
>> About the usb_joy
>> Some how the usb_joy driver fills a BJoystick without the need of
>> gameport
>> driver (if its not an unknown part of libdevice.so or a driver that
>> we
>> don't know about )I did a test by removing the gameport driver in
>> Zeta 1.5
>> and after changing the ver 1.0 of the usb_joy to use USB3 it works
>> here
>> without the next test will be to replace libdevice.so :)
>
> If it is the case that BJoystick is the only way to access a joystick
> then we are pretty much free to rethink that in Haiku. We could use the
> input_server to do joysticks and simply make BJoystick communicate with
> the input_server. I remember seeing a discussion about exactly that
> topic, but can't remember where. It would IMO make the most sense if it
> was built like this. But as I do not know the internals on that I
> cannot help you to decide that. It might make no sense for the
> input_server to handle joyticks, I really wouldn't know.
Yes BJoystick are probably the only way (that are known outside Be) to get
info from a joystick.

>
> Regards
> Michael
>
>


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Fredrik Modéen

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