Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 15:41:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Joe Groff <ognir@humboldt1.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: New Joystick driver? Message-ID: <199908082241.PAA06594@home.humboldt1.com>
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I believe the joystick driver in FreeBSD could probably be redone, to support
all the non-standard joysticks that many people (like me :) have. Having
just recently converted to FreeBSD from Linux, though, I don't know the best
way to go about it. Here are some ideas (sorry if my terminology is wrong):
(1) Redefine the core joystick code as a controller, and then have all the
different joystick types ride on top of it, like:
controller joy0 at isa? port IO_GAME # Serves joystick port 0x201
#device jan0 at joy0 # Analog joystick
device jgpp0 at joy0 # Gravis GamePad Pro
etc...
This would also allow for modules to be used for all the different joystick
types, I think.
(2) Have a monolithic joystick driver, with options to pick the proper type:
device joy0 at isa? port IO_GAME # Just like it is now
options JOY_ANALOG
options JOY_GRAVIS
etc...
I also believe it should use the Linux joystick's device interface, so that
folks that have already written their games to use the Linux joysticks can work
in FreeBSD with minor effort.
Any help or comments are appreciated.
-Joe
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