Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-02 Thread Marcelo Ricardo Leitner
On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 04:25:38PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 4:18 PM Paul Bolle wrote: > > > > Paul Bolle schreef op wo 02-12-2020 om 21:30 [+0100]: > > > Currently there seem to be over 6000 texlive packages. (Quick and dirty > > > measurements, sorry.) So splitting the k

Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-02 Thread Josh Boyer
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 4:18 PM Paul Bolle wrote: > > Paul Bolle schreef op wo 02-12-2020 om 21:30 [+0100]: > > Currently there seem to be over 6000 texlive packages. (Quick and dirty > > measurements, sorry.) So splitting the kernel into an absurd number of > > packages for (obscure) modules isn'

Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-02 Thread Josh Boyer
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 3:32 PM Paul Bolle wrote: > > Marcelo Ricardo Leitner schreef op wo 02-12-2020 om 17:11 [-0300]: > > Maybe, then taking it to the extreme, less common modules can all have its > > own rpm package ;-) > > Vague ideas like this crossed my mind too. > > The local build I just f

Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-02 Thread Paul Bolle
Paul Bolle schreef op wo 02-12-2020 om 21:30 [+0100]: > Currently there seem to be over 6000 texlive packages. (Quick and dirty > measurements, sorry.) So splitting the kernel into an absurd number of > packages for (obscure) modules isn't a no-no on principle. If I sort the installed packages on

Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-02 Thread Paul Bolle
Marcelo Ricardo Leitner schreef op wo 02-12-2020 om 17:11 [-0300]: > Maybe, then taking it to the extreme, less common modules can all have its > own rpm package ;-) Vague ideas like this crossed my mind too. The local build I just finished for v5.9.12 generated less than 4000 modules. Currently

Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-02 Thread Marcelo Ricardo Leitner
On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 02:53:04PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 2:15 PM Matthew Miller > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 10:31:17AM -0500, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > You should see the hoops people go through to make their controllers work, > > > either installing use

Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-02 Thread Josh Boyer
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 2:15 PM Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 10:31:17AM -0500, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > You should see the hoops people go through to make their controllers work, > > either installing user-space drivers, or finding out how to solve the > > problem > > by inst

Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-02 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 10:31:17AM -0500, Bastien Nocera wrote: > You should see the hoops people go through to make their controllers work, > either installing user-space drivers, or finding out how to solve the problem > by installing the right package: > https://rudd-o.com/linux-and-free-softwar

Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-02 Thread Bastien Nocera
- Original Message - > On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 11:33 AM Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > > I didn't get an answer, so I filed: > > https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/merge_requests/779 > > > > - Original Message - > > > Hey, > > > > > > Is there a particular reason why xpad is

Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-02 Thread Justin Forbes
On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 11:33 AM Bastien Nocera wrote: > > I didn't get an answer, so I filed: > https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/merge_requests/779 > > - Original Message - > > Hey, > > > > Is there a particular reason why xpad isn't in the main kernel modules? > > It's the driv

Re: Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-12-01 Thread Bastien Nocera
I didn't get an answer, so I filed: https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/merge_requests/779 - Original Message - > Hey, > > Is there a particular reason why xpad isn't in the main kernel modules? > It's the driver for Microsoft's joypads, including the fairly common > XBox 360 and

Move xpad in kernel-modules ?

2020-11-24 Thread Bastien Nocera
Hey, Is there a particular reason why xpad isn't in the main kernel modules? It's the driver for Microsoft's joypads, including the fairly common XBox 360 and XBox One models. We already support PlayStation pads out of the box, xpad should really be installed by default, in the main kernel modules