Re: [PATCH v1 2/7] HID: playstation: DS4: Don't fail on MAC address request

[Max Staudt]

On 1/31/24 05:59, Roderick Colenbrander wrote:
> I remember on the console side that we support a number of controllers
> including our official model and some licensed controllers. I recall
> them taking some different codepaths and HID reports differently. It
> has been a while, so I don't recall the details. If I remember it
> could be that all of the licensed ones were USB-only (of course there
> are some Bluetooth capable clones).

Now that is an interesting tidbit... if you learn more, I'd be curious to hear about it if possible!


> I'm not sure about the best way to handle this. I have kind of been
> leaning towards doing a vid/pid like check for this case even though I
> really hate it. It could be within dualshock4_get_mac_address as we do
> some other special handling there too (although having the caller of
> dualshock4_get_mac_address do it is an option too, but I think within
> get_mac_address is slightly nicer for now).

As suggested in the 7545:0104 patch, how about dropping this patch as well, until we encounter a device we really want to add and that does not provide a MAC address?


If it's okay for you, I'd send a v2 of everything after hearing your comment on the patch to make controllers work that don't provide gyro calibration data.


Max