Bug 171911

Summary:	genkernel default config missing joystick support
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Matze Braun <matze>
Component:	genkernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers <genkernel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	Keywords:	InVCS
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Description Matze Braun 2007-03-23 13:06:08 UTC

The genkernel default configuration has no support for joysticks. Joysticks are a very common device, so I think they have their place in the default kernel configuration.

CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=m

Without this setting you won't have any joystick support in SDL and other games.
I assume by far the most joysticks today are usb connected through usb. Though some additional joystick modules probably wouldn't hurt (for old boxes it's very common to have these):

CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK=y
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_ANALOG=m
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_SIDEWINDER=m


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Matze Braun 2007-03-23 13:24:37 UTC

BTW: I just noticed that the x86_64 config apparently has it enable. It's odd that x86 doesn't have it.

Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-26 23:46:56 UTC

I've added this now to SVN...

Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-05 15:01:07 UTC

This is fixed in genkernel 3.4.7 which is now in the tree.