Re: [linuxdc-dev]Microphone for Dreamcast / Dreameye camera

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

* John Wiggins <lin...@ho...> on Mon, Jan 28, 2002:

> I take it that it would be too much trouble to look at the maple bus in t=
he=20
> same light as one would for USB...
>=20

We do ... although you have to question the intelligence of adding all
those Maple drivers in the kernel tree itself.  True that USB does, but is
that necessarily the right thing to do?  USB does include mass storage,
audio, networking, etc. but it's a heck of a lot more organized (and
standardized) than Maple ever could be.  Besides, those USB drivers hook
into other Linux subsystems.  I can't imagine what subsystem the maracas
would hook into.

But if "controller" type devices map out to controller buttons, then it's
not that big of a deal.  Does the fishing rod return analog input like the
controller, or some weird protocol that only fishing rods know how to do?
If it is a controller, then it can live with the rest of the Maple
controller code and be treated as such - apps that use it wouldn't need to
know the difference.

Is there anyone on the list who has a bunch of 2nd class DC peripherals?  I
may want to send you a test program to grab useful info from them.  2nd
class also includes 3rd-party controllers, and of course, the steering
wheel :P.

M. R.