Benjamin Tissoires schrieb: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@xxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> I've built myself a joystick adapter (project website: http://www.hexagons.de/index.php/USB_Joystickadapter), which has the purpose of connecting up to 2 Atari style joysticks (the ones with db9 connectors, found on 80's home computers like C64, Amiga,...) via USB. Current situation is: on Windows XP, 2 joystick devices get created with 2 axis and 2 buttons each (as intended); while on Linux, just one joystick device (/dev/input/js0) gets created, but with 4 axis and 4 buttons. >> This device provides one interface with one Interrupt-in Endpoint. The division into two joystick devices is done using an HID descriptor [1] with two configurations and the REPORT_ID tag. >> What I would like to know is, is there a problem in the Linux HID parser, or is its behavior intentional and those composite devices more like a dirty solution around the standards? > Hi, > > well, currently, the HID parser does not split the different reportID > into several devices. It's a known limitation and we are working on it > (at least we already saw problems with that), but it will not make it > in 3.9 I think. > The solution that works for now is to use several usb interfaces. The > usb layer splits the different interfaces, so it will give you 2 > different HID devices. > Oh, and if you want to contribute to split the device in the HID > parser under Linux, you are welcome as well :) > > Cheers, > Benjamin Hi, using the quirk HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT led to the right result: js0 and js1 got created. So, after getting to know a bit about all the probing and parsing, I found a rather simple solution/workaround. In hid-input.c, function hidinput_connect, replace: 1251 <http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=blob;f=drivers/hid/hid-input.c;h=21b196c394b197d222e0d1f58ac52f37d65b3e5d;hb=HEAD#l1251> 1252 <http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=blob;f=drivers/hid/hid-input.c;h=21b196c394b197d222e0d1f58ac52f37d65b3e5d;hb=HEAD#l1252> if (hid->quirks & HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT) { 1253 <http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=blob;f=drivers/hid/hid-input.c;h=21b196c394b197d222e0d1f58ac52f37d65b3e5d;hb=HEAD#l1253> /* This will leave hidinput NULL, so that it with: 1251 <http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=blob;f=drivers/hid/hid-input.c;h=21b196c394b197d222e0d1f58ac52f37d65b3e5d;hb=HEAD#l1251> 1252 <http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=blob;f=drivers/hid/hid-input.c;h=21b196c394b197d222e0d1f58ac52f37d65b3e5d;hb=HEAD#l1252> if (hid->quirks & HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT || report->id) { 1253 <http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=blob;f=drivers/hid/hid-input.c;h=21b196c394b197d222e0d1f58ac52f37d65b3e5d;hb=HEAD#l1253> /* This will leave hidinput NULL, so that it The parser makes sure that, if the HID Report Descriptor contains a definition for reportID, it is not zero. Is this attempt OK for you, or do you see any problems? And is HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT still needed in this case? Thanks Hartmut >> Thanks >> >> Hartmut Knaack >> >> [1] >> char usbHidReportDescriptor[102] PROGMEM = { >> >> // Joystick Port 1 >> >> 0x05, 0x01, // USAGE_PAGE (Generic Desktop) >> 0x09, 0x04, // USAGE (Joystick) >> 0xa1, 0x01, // COLLECTION (Application) >> 0x85, 0x01, // REPORT_ID (1) >> 0x09, 0x01, // USAGE (Pointer) >> 0xa1, 0x00, // COLLECTION (Physical) >> 0x09, 0x30, // USAGE (X) >> 0x09, 0x31, // USAGE (Y) >> 0x15, 0x00, // LOGICAL_MINIMUM (0) >> 0x26, 0xff, 0x00, // LOGICAL_MAXIMUM (255) >> 0x75, 0x08, // REPORT_SIZE (8) >> 0x95, 0x02, // REPORT_COUNT (2) >> 0x81, 0x02, // INPUT (Data,Var,Abs) >> 0xc0, // END_COLLECTION >> 0x05, 0x09, // USAGE_PAGE (Button) >> 0x19, 0x01, // USAGE_MINIMUM (Button 1) >> 0x29, 0x02, // USAGE_MAXIMUM (Button 2) >> 0x15, 0x00, // LOGICAL_MINIMUM (0) >> 0x25, 0x01, // LOGICAL_MAXIMUM (1) >> 0x75, 0x01, // REPORT_SIZE (1) >> 0x95, 0x02, // REPORT_COUNT (2) >> 0x81, 0x02, // INPUT (Data,Var,Abs) >> 0x75, 0x06, // REPORT_SIZE (6) >> 0x95, 0x01, // REPORT_COUNT (1) >> 0x81, 0x03, // INPUT (Constant,Var,Abs) >> 0xc0, // END_COLLECTION >> >> // Joystick Port 2 >> >> 0x05, 0x01, // USAGE_PAGE (Generic Desktop) >> 0x09, 0x04, // USAGE (Joystick) >> 0xa1, 0x01, // COLLECTION (Application) >> 0x85, 0x02, // REPORT_ID (2) >> 0x09, 0x01, // USAGE (Pointer) >> 0xa1, 0x00, // COLLECTION (Physical) >> 0x09, 0x30, // USAGE (X) >> 0x09, 0x31, // USAGE (Y) >> 0x15, 0x00, // LOGICAL_MINIMUM (0) >> 0x26, 0xff, 0x00, // LOGICAL_MAXIMUM (255) >> 0x75, 0x08, // REPORT_SIZE (8) >> 0x95, 0x02, // REPORT_COUNT (2) >> 0x81, 0x02, // INPUT (Data,Var,Abs) >> 0xc0, // END_COLLECTION >> 0x05, 0x09, // USAGE_PAGE (Button) >> 0x19, 0x01, // USAGE_MINIMUM (Button 1) >> 0x29, 0x02, // USAGE_MAXIMUM (Button 2) >> 0x15, 0x00, // LOGICAL_MINIMUM (0) >> 0x25, 0x01, // LOGICAL_MAXIMUM (1) >> 0x75, 0x01, // REPORT_SIZE (1) >> 0x95, 0x02, // REPORT_COUNT (2) >> 0x81, 0x02, // INPUT (Data,Var,Abs) >> 0x75, 0x06, // REPORT_SIZE (6) >> 0x95, 0x01, // REPORT_COUNT (1) >> 0x81, 0x03, // INPUT (Constant,Var,Abs) >> 0xc0 // END_COLLECTION >> }; >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html