linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/7] HID: playstation: DS4: Don't fail on MAC address request

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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 17:51:41 +0900
From: Max Staudt <max@...as.org>
To: Roderick Colenbrander <thunderbird2k@...il.com>
Cc: Roderick Colenbrander <roderick.colenbrander@...y.com>,
 Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
 Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
 linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/7] HID: playstation: DS4: Don't fail on MAC address
 request

On 1/25/24 09:39, Roderick Colenbrander wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 6:58 AM Max Staudt <max@...as.org> wrote:
>>
>> Some third-party controllers can't report their MAC address.
>>
> For what type of devices is this not working? This one example of this
> request which is very foundational for a controller working on even
> the game console. Are this perhaps USB-only devices? If the case maybe
> some kind of error is only needed for USB connections.

IIRC I've only seen this quirk with the oddball VID/PID 7545:0104 that my patch 7/7 adds. It is indeed a USB-only controller. I have not tried this device (or any, really) with an actual console, my focus is just on Linux. Admittedly, I'd also like to know what happens on a real PS4 :)

My intention was to keep the error message and the solution as universal as possible, in case a controller comes along that has both this quirk *and* Bluetooth. It's a bit of an ugly workaround though - if you (or anyone else) have an idea for a nicer solution, I'd be really glad.

Max