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From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD as USB joystick
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>
> That is, I have a PS2 and want to be able to control it via my laptop. This 
> would amount to connecting a USB cable between my PS2 and my laptop, and 
> getting the PS2 to detect it as a joystick with the right identifier string, 
> and being able to send button presses etc via my laptop to the PS2.
>
PC USB controllers has only host mode, not device mode, so the answer is 
no.