aronschatz / xpad

Linux Kernel Driver for the Xbox/ Xbox 360/ Xbox 360 Wireless/ Xbox One Controllers

Updated Xpad Linux Kernel Driver

Driver for the Xbox/ Xbox 360/ Xbox 360 Wireless/ Xbox One Controllers

Changes compared to Linux Staging (4.2)

• controller LEDs and Force Feedaback now works even after suspend/ resume
• LED and Force Feedback packets are now re-submitted instead of being dropped
  • also fixes kernel warnings due to submitting active URB requests
• only expose actually connected Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers (patch by Pierre-Loup A. Griffais)
• updated Xbox One controller force feedback (patch by Pierre-Loup A. Griffais)
• Xbox 360 Wireless button mappings are now compatible with Xbox 360 (non-wireless) mappings
• added support for Xbox One Covert Forces Edition (Patch by Erik Lundgren)
• fixed support for Razer Atrox Arcade Stick (Patch by Dario Scarpa)

Installation

sudo git clone https://github.com/paroj/xpad.git /usr/src/xpad-0.4
sudo dkms install -m xpad -v 0.4

Updating

cd /usr/src/xpad-0.4
sudo git fetch
sudo git checkout origin/master
sudo dkms remove -m xpad -v 0.4 --all
sudo dkms install -m xpad -v 0.4

Usage

This driver creates three devices for each attached gamepad

1. /dev/input/jsN
   • example jstest /dev/input/js0
2. /sys/class/leds/xpadN/brightness
   • example echo COMMAND > /sys/class/leds/xpad0/brightness where COMMAND is one of
     • 0: off
     • 1: all blink, then previous setting
     • 2: 1/top-left blink, then on
     • 3: 2/top-right blink, then on
     • 4: 3/bottom-left blink, then on
     • 5: 4/bottom-right blink, then on
     • 6: 1/top-left on
     • 7: 2/top-right on
     • 8: 3/bottom-left on
     • 9: 4/bottom-right on
     • 10: rotate
     • 11: blink, based on previous setting
     • 12: slow blink, based on previous setting
     • 13: rotate with two lights
     • 14: persistent slow all blink
     • 15: blink once, then previous setting
3. the generic event device
   • example fftest /dev/input/by-id/usb-*360*event*

Sending Upstream

1. git format-patch --cover-letter upstream..master
2. git send-email --to xxx *.patch