> On Dec 30, 2015, at 06:09, Martin Kjær Jørgensen <mkj@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 05:40:42PM +0100, Martin Kjær Jørgensen wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:48:21AM -0500, Frank Praznik wrote: >>> >>>> On Dec 28, 2015, at 04:18, Antonio Ospite <ao2@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:46:07 +0100 >>>> Martin Kjær Jørgensen <mkj@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there any "full" support for a Sony DualShock 4 in the bluez/kernel >>>>> stack? >>>>> >>>> >>>> CC-ing Frank as he is the author of the DS4 hid kernel driver. >>>> >>>>> The one I own works perfectly when using USB cable. >>>>> >>>>> When using bluetooth it gets recognized as a somewhat generic >>>>> Bluetooth Wireless Controller. Pairing it up with my system seems to >>>>> work as it creates a joystick device (/dev/input/js0) but when testing >>>>> it with jstest, only the touchpad on the DS4 triggers two of the >>>>> axis. None of the buttons or sticks reacts in jstest. >>>>> Pairing it with the usual bluetoothctl makes the DS4 LED dimmed blue >>>>> light. >>>>> >>>>> I know of the ds4drv project and have used it to connect my DS4, but >>>>> it seems a big buggy and I was hoping it was or will be merged into >>>>> bluez/kernel, making it superfluous. >>>>> >>>>> Using the DS4 makes the LED brighter than using ordinary bluetoothctl, >>>>> perhaps because ds4drv knows how to intruct the LED. >>>>> Even if my DS4 is almost next to my bluetooth radio device, the ds4drv >>>>> reports "Signal strength low (29/40/38) reports" >>>>> Testing with jstest seems to trigger all buttons and axises. The >>>>> touchpad itself as a button triggers, but touching the pad doesnt trigger >>>>> anything. >>>>> In some games the digital keys on the left doesnt get recognized, even >>>>> if they get triggered by jstest and other programs like Steam >>>>> recognizes them. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in >>>>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Antonio Ospite >>>> http://ao2.it >>>> >>>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >>>> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style >>>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >>> >>> What kernel version are you using and how new the controller? This sounds >>> like a bug others were having due to Sony making a change to the HID >>> descriptor in the controller firmware. It’s been fixed in newer kernels, but it >>> will take time for the fix to make it’s way to most distros. >> >> uname -a: >> Linux mkjlap 4.3.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.3.3-2 (2015-12-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> DS4 is bought recently withing this month (dec,2015). The boxes for >> the controller are thrown out. The model is: CUH-ZCT1E if that is of >> any help. >> >>> >>> The patch is here if you are interested: >>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.input/46634/focus=46902 >> >> Great. I'll try it. >> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Frank >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > I've patched the hci-sony.c with the source from the link above on the coresponding kernel source for my kernel, but no luck. > > [18424.148328] sony 0005:054C:05C4.0008: Using modified Dualshock 4 Bluetooth report descriptor > [18424.149550] input: Wireless Controller as /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:054C:05C4.0008/input/input24 > [18424.150029] sony 0005:054C:05C4.0008: input,hidraw5: BLUETOOTH HID v1.00 Gamepad [Wireless Controller] on 28:B2:BD:94:0C:4F > [18429.149962] sony 0005:054C:05C4.0008: failed to set the Dualshock 4 operational mode > [18429.182447] sony: probe of 0005:054C:05C4.0008 failed with error -5 > [18589.591829] sony 0005:054C:05C4.0009: Using modified Dualshock 4 Bluetooth report descriptor > [18589.592609] input: Wireless Controller as /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:054C:05C4.0009/input/input25 > [18589.592851] sony 0005:054C:05C4.0009: input,hidraw5: BLUETOOTH HID v1.00 Gamepad [Wireless Controller] on 28:B2:BD:94:0C:4F > [18594.595254] sony 0005:054C:05C4.0009: failed to set the Dualshock 4 operational mode > [18594.631481] sony: probe of 0005:054C:05C4.0009 failed with error -5 > > The reason for the two sony outputs is because I restarted > bluetooth.service after the first failure. > Using the DS4 with a USB cable still works as espected. Error -5 is an IO error which means that something in the Bluetooth communication stack is failing when the host tries to communicate with the controller. The next step would be to run hcidump and see exactly what is happening when the system tries to talk to the controller. Are you running at least version 5.14 of BlueZ? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html