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| author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 1998-05-07 02:55:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 1998-05-07 02:55:41 +0000 |
| commit | dcec8a13bf565e47942a1751a9cec21bec5648fe (patch) | |
| tree | 548b69625b18cc2e88c3e68d0923be546c9ebb03 /Documentation/joystick.txt | |
| parent | 2e0f55e79c49509b7ff70ff1a10e1e9e90a3dfd4 (diff) | |
o Merge with Linux 2.1.99.
o Fix ancient bug in the ELF loader making ldd crash.
o Fix ancient bug in the keyboard code for SGI, SNI and Jazz.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/joystick.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/joystick.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/joystick.txt b/Documentation/joystick.txt index ec525b182..eada60d0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/joystick.txt +++ b/Documentation/joystick.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stories are also welcome. 2. Usage ~~~~~~~~ If you enable the joystick driver in the kernel configuration, all -connected joystick should be found automatically. If that doesn't work, you +connected joysticks should be found automatically. If that doesn't work, you can pass the joystick driver the following kernel command line arguments: js=0xXX,0xYY @@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ used. select `M' for this driver in the kernel configuration and insert the module: -insmod js.o js=0xXX,0xYY +insmod joystick.o js=0xXX,0xYY + + To enable autoloading/-unloading of the joystick module, you have to add +these lines to /etc/conf.modules: + +alias char-major-15 joystick +options joystick js=0xXX,0xYY To enable the user space programs to read the joystick device, you have to create the device files using mknod (man mknod for more info): @@ -114,7 +120,7 @@ Version 0.4 Linux 0.99.6 and fixed race condition in js_read. port started ALL the joystick one shots. If the one that we are reading is short enough and the first one to be read, the second one will return - bad data if it's one shot has not expired when + bad data if its one shot has not expired when the joystick port is written for the second time. Thus solves the mystery delay problem in 0.2! Version 0.5 Upgraded the driver to the 0.99.9 kernel, added @@ -149,7 +155,7 @@ Version 0.9 Ported to 2.1.x Better ioctl names. Kept binary compatibility. Removed 'save_busy'. Just set busy to 1. Version 0.9.0 Based on 0.7.3 - New read function that allows two axes have same value + New read function that allows two axes to have the same value New joystick calibration code Real support for 3-axis joysticks CPU speed independent timeouts @@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ Version 1.0.1 Complete rewrite Version 1.0.2 Works, many bugs fixed, more yet to come Version 1.0.3 Tail cutting logic changes & fixes Fix in js_do_bh - no more zero values for axes - Lost event changest & fixes + Lost event changes & fixes Version 1.0.4 Kernel command line & module configuration support Better cli()/sti() handling Linux 2.1.25 select => poll changes |