Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:03:31 -0500 From: "Bill Sawyer" <bSawyer@sftp.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: emu10k1 gamepad support Message-ID: <s0cb0d4f.063@mail.sftp.com>
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I'm currently running 4.10-STABLE, and I have a SB Live 5.1 card in my = box. I've been dying to get my Microsoft Sidewinder gamepad working = through the gamepad/MIDI port. However, I couldn't figure out how to get = the joy device working properly. The original code appeared to support an = ISA device, but this is a PCI card. I have a license for OSS, so I've been using that for sound support for = the past two weeks. Dev informed me that OSS enables the joystick port on = the gamepad, but doesn't load a driver for it. I'm kinda stuck right now. = I can read code, but I don't know enough C to actually write sophisticated= code by myself, much less port drivers. I'd like to find a driver that = will interact with the OSS drivers, but I'd also like to work on finding a = driver that will interact with the default pcm driver, so that individuals = who wish to use FreeBSD's native sound system can benefit from having = gamepad support. Dev recommended I look into porting the emu10k1-gp driver to FreeBSD. I = had also seen a patch floating around a while ago on Usenet for modifying = the actual joy driver, but that didn't really get me anywhere. Does = anybody have any suggestions? Any help would be welcome. If anybody is = porting/has ported/is willing to port gamepad drivers to FreeBSD, that = would definitely make my day. I'd like to help the FreeBSD project move forward with its multimedia = support. Once I can get PCI gamepad support running, I won't have any = reasons to boot into Windows anymore, and I'm sure my sentiment is shared. Thanks, Bill Sawyer Information Systems Six Flags St. Louis (636) 938-5300 x. 231
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