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[ts-7000] Re: Getting xpad module to work on TS7800 (XBox Controller)

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Getting xpad module to work on TS7800 (XBox Controller)
From: "charliem_1216" <>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:36:21 -0000
Hi Bill --

--- In  "bill.whiteley" <> wrote:
>
> I am trying to get the XBox 360 controller to work with the TS7800
> SBC. I have tried a number of things as I will detail below, but if
> anyone has any ideas I would really like to hear them.
> 
> Basically what I did was build a new TS7800 kernel on my Linux laptop
> cross compiled for the arm, and I had it configured through "make
> menuconfig" to include the xpad module. I then copied just the xpad.h,
> xpad.ko to the TS7800 and gave the command:
> 
> modprobe xpad
> 
> However, it doesn't appear in /dev/input like it should. 

The xpad module depends on INPUT_JOYDEV; you had to enable that (at
least, maybe more) when you configured your new kernel, but I bet the
TS kernel was not compiled with INPUT_JOYDEV.

You need to run your new kernel, not just install the new xpad module
in the old kernel.

regards, ........ Charlie

>Below I have
> some diagnostic outputs that may help diagnose the problem
> 
> 
> :root# uname -a
> Linux ts7800 2.6.21-ts #4 PREEMPT Tue Jun 10 17:13:00 MST 2008
> armv5tejl GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> 


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