On Mon, 2015-06-08 at 22:38 -0400, simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > I'm in the process of fixing the HID descriptor for the PS3 Move > Controller. which has a particularly convoluted layout for it's > > Accelormeters, Gyros and Magnetometers involving 2 sets of data per > > output > > report. > > https://github.com/nitsch/moveonpc/wiki/Input-report > > > The plan is/was to massage the HID descriptor so the first set of > Accels/Gyro/Mag appear in a set a axis, as a simple way of getting to > this > > data. > > [snip] > > > Given that more controllers are coming with 'motion' controls, is > > there a > > framework in place for unifying support? > > A little more poking around has got me looking at the IIO subsystem, > which > seems to be everything Accel/Gyro/Mag... The IIO subsystem's user-space API is awful, and root only. I said as much here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.iio/14421 > I note that there are a few 'HID'ish things there too, although I'm > not > sure whether they are useful to us, or just intended for connecting > motion > devices via the HID bus and then onto IIO. > -- > drivers/iio/accel/hid-sensor-accel-3d.c > drivers/iio/gyro/hid-sensor-gyro-3d.c > drivers/iio/magnetometer/hid-sensor-magn-3d.c > drivers/iio/orientation/hid-sensor-rotation.c > -- > > Does the idea of the drivers for the HID (gaming) controllers opening > up a > connection to IIO system and pushing the Accel/Gyro/Mag values there > (rather than exposing them on the joystick interface) make sense? > > Are there any examples of other devices doing this, so I can re-use > the code? I wrote this for accelerometers that are in tablets/convertibles: https://github.com/hadess/iio-sensor-proxy/ -- 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
