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Fixed bug #4
[Note: I'm applying this patch since it's a cleaner version of what's already implemented, and supports this controller on older kernels. I'll ask to make sure this doesn't break on the new kernels where it's no longer necessary]
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:41:11 -0500
From: Chris Nelson
Subject: SDL Patch
Hey, Ryan.
I submitted the following patch about a year ago. It's just a simple
patch for the linux port, to make multiple joysticks each appear to SDL
as their own device, if they are on the same USB port (specifically,
these guys
<http://www.consoleplus.co.uk/product_info.php?pName=super-joybox-5-quad-joypad-converter>,
which allow 4 Playstation2 controllers to be accessed via a single USB
port). Without this patch, SDL pretty much drops the ball, and reports
that there are 4 joysticks available when less than that number are
plugged in.
My work built upon the work of another person with the same device. When
I submitted the patch to the list, he tested it, but it didn't work for
him, so the patch was never accepted. Maybe about 3 times in the past
year, I've tried to email the guy, to see if he couldn't run my new
version, complete with debug code to diagnose the problem he was having.
He never got back to me.
So, I'm attaching the patch. I wish I knew why it didn't work for him,
but I've been using it for the last year with no problems. Let me know
if you need any more information, or have any ideas as to how I could
test it. I'd like to see it in the tree, but I want to make sure it works.
-Chris
author | Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org> |
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date | Sun, 19 Mar 2006 06:31:34 +0000 |
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//Norman Walsh//DTD DocBook HTML 1.0//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Introduction</TITLE > </HEAD ><BODY BGCOLOR="#FFF8DC" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ee" VLINK="#551a8b" ALINK="#ff0000" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" > <HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="PREFACE" ><H1 ><A NAME="AEN8" >Introduction</A ></H1 ><P >This library is designed to make it easy to write games that run on Linux, Win32 and BeOS using the various native high-performance media interfaces, (for video, audio, etc) and presenting a single source-code level API to your application. This is a fairly low level API, but using this, completely portable applications can be written with a great deal of flexibility.</P ><P >The library is loaded as a dynamically linked library on its native platform, and is currently compiled natively for Linux, compiled for Win32 using a Linux hosted GCC <A HREF="http://www.libsdl.org/Xmingw32/" TARGET="_top" >cross-compilation</A > environment, and compiled using the EGCS C++ compiler under BeOS.</P ><P >An introduction to SDL can be found online at: <A HREF="http://www.libsdl.org/intro/toc.html" TARGET="_top" >http://www.libsdl.org/intro/</A > </P ><P >There are code examples on each of the main library pages, and there are fully fleshed example C++ classes and programs in the examples archive, available on the <A HREF="http://www.libsdl.org/download.html" TARGET="_top" >SDL download page</A >.</P ><P >For an introduction to basic multi-media programming concepts, you might try some of the following links: <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.ziron.com/links/" TARGET="_top" >Game Programming Links</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://developer.dungeon-crawl.com/" TARGET="_top" >Game Developer Search Engine</A ></P ></LI ></UL ></P ><P >Enjoy!</P ><P > Sam Lantinga <TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:slouken@libsdl.org" ><A HREF="mailto:slouken@libsdl.org" TARGET="_top" >slouken@libsdl.org</A ></A >></TT ></P > <P> <br><br><HR> <H1>Table of Contents</H1> <UL> <LI><A HREF="html/index.html">Full Table of Contents</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="html/guide.html">The SDL Guide</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="html/reference.html">The SDL Reference</A></LI> <UL> <LI><A HREF="html/general.html">Initialization</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="html/video.html">Video</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="html/wm.html">Window Manager</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="html/event.html">Event Handling</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="html/joystick.html">Joystick</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="html/audio.html">Audio</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="html/cdrom.html">CDROM</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="html/thread.html">Threads</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="html/time.html">Timers</A></LI> </UL> </UL> </DIV ></BODY ></HTML >