Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 16:09:53 -0400 (EDT) From: David MacCormack Subject: [SDL] Linux joystick patch I recently got myself a PS2 -> USB converter (a super joybox 5). It accepts 4 PSX/PS2 controllers. It's implemented as a HID, which is nice because it doesn't require its own driver, but the problem is that it's implemented as a *single* HID -- that is, it shows up as a single joystick with 19 axes, 4 hats, and 48 buttons. This poses a problem for a number of apps which use SDL (stella, fce ultra, zsnes, to name a few) and see only a single (physical) joystick even though there are really 4 (logical) joysticks. There are a number of these types of devices on the market, and I've seen others post messages (in the zsnes forum, for example) with the same problem, so I came up with what I think is a pretty generic solution. I patched src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystic.c to include support for logical joysticks; basically, it's a static array and supporting functions that map a single physical joystick to multiple logical joysticks. The attached patch has the new code. It's wrapped inside #ifndef statements so that you can get the old behavior if you want.

.TH "SDL_CreateMutex" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_CreateMutex\- Create a mutex
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
#include "SDL_thread\&.h"
.sp
\fBSDL_mutex *\fBSDL_CreateMutex\fP\fR(\fBvoid\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Create a new, unlocked mutex\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
.nf
\f(CWSDL_mutex *mut;

mut=SDL_CreateMutex();
\&.
\&.
if(SDL_mutexP(mut)==-1){
  fprintf(stderr, "Couldn\&'t lock mutex
");
  exit(-1);
}
\&.
/* Do stuff while mutex is locked */
\&.
\&.
if(SDL_mutexV(mut)==-1){
  fprintf(stderr, "Couldn\&'t unlock mutex
");
  exit(-1);
}

SDL_DestroyMutex(mut);
\fR
.fi
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_mutexP\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_mutexV\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_DestroyMutex\fP\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00