Re: [AD] Linux joysytick and force feedback

[Peter Wang <novalazy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:13:17 +1000, Peter Wang <novalazy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:37:49 +0200, beoran@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Dear allegro list members,
> > 
> > In attachment, find two patches to the 5.1 branch of today. The first
> > one beoran_linux_event_joystick.diff changes the implementation of the
> > Linux joystick driver to use the newer /dev/input/eventxx Linux API in
> > stead of the older /dev/input/jsxx API. This has several benefits,
> > such as better axis detection. However the main one is that it makes
> > it easier to support haptics (force feedback) on Linux. This patch
> > makes some changes hat expose the internals of the Linux Joystick
> > driver into an internal header file for use with the haptic device.
> > 
> > The second patch beoran_haptics.diff, which should be applied after
> > the first patch, contains the whole high level machinery for playing
> > back haptic effects as well as a Linux driver. I am a pure 100% Linux
> > user so I'm unable to contribute a Windows or a OSX driver at the
> > moment, but I hope that with this framework in place, some people will
> > step up to generously contribute them. The patch contains
> > documentation, but I'll admit everything still has some rough corners.
> > But it works for me so I hope it will be a nice beginning for adding
> > haptic affects to Allegro.  I'm open to all suggestions.
> 
> Your patches came through (perhaps not in Digest mode?)
> but you've got them reversed.  For future reference you can use 
> git format-patch XXX..YYY to generate the patches.
> 
> The first patch looks mostly fine.  I'll test it at home and push it for
> you, if I remember.

Both ex_joystick_events and ex_joystick_hotplugging don't show any axes.

Peter