linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] HID: wiiu-drc: Add a driver for the Wii U gamepad

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Message-ID: <YW9b7wMu8c4Y/lQ1@reblochon>
Date:   Wed, 20 Oct 2021 01:59:43 +0200
From:   François-Xavier Carton <fx.carton91@...il.com>
To:     Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@...kmauve.fr>
Cc:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Ash Logan <ash@...quark.com>,
        Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.ne@...teo.net>,
        Barnabás Pőcze <pobrn@...tonmail.com>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Daniel J. Ogorchock" <djogorchock@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] HID: wiiu-drc: Add a driver for the Wii U gamepad

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 11:27:37AM +0200, Emmanuel Gil Peyrot wrote:
> I don’t see any existing driver named that way in mainline, would it be
> acceptable to simply rename the current patches to hid-nintendo?  What
> should be done about the existing hid-wiimote driver then, should it
> also be merged alongside?
> 
> Another driver I’d like to submit eventually is the GameCube Controller
> Adapter for Wii U, which does exactly what its name says, but being an
> external USB adapter it also works on any USB computer; would it make
> sense to develop it alongside the current driver, just because it is
> sold by the same company?
> 

FYI, I've submitted a GC adapter driver previously [1]. I've been using
it since then; the patch still applies to recent kernels. I'd be happy
to work towards having this driver mainlined, if there is interest for
it.

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-input/list/?series=282859&state=*

Best,
François-Xavier