Re: TTY discipline for Joypad

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

* NIIBE Yutaka <gn...@m1...> on Wed, Oct 03, 2001:

> 
> I am the maintainer of SuperH port of Linux kernel.  Among targets,
> there's the Dreamcast, the video game console.  Linux works quite well
> on Dreamcast, however, most people doesn't have keyboard with
> Dreamcast, which is a problem.
> 

Keyboards and ps/2 adapters for the Dreamcast are a commodity and cheap.
What's the problem with requiring those who need keyboard access to the
Dreamcast to buy a keyboard?  I know you're going to argue that the ps/2
adapter isn't well supported, but it only takes a bit of testing to get
that correct.

> Hence, I'm thinking using Joypad (with cursor key, analog joystick,
> four-buttons, two keys, and start button) to emulate keyboard.
> (There's a joypad driver already.)
> 

What would be the use of this?  If anyone wanted to seriously login and use
their Dreamcast as a terminal, they would just go buy a keyboard, like many
have already done.  Using the joypad with it's 6 (max) magical buttons is
just plain silly.

M. R.