Messages in this thread | | | From | Clément VUCHENER <> | Date | Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:06:09 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] new driver for Valve Steam Controller |
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2018-03-19 21:08 GMT+01:00 Rodrigo Rivas Costa <rodrigorivascosta@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 02:54:07PM -0700, Pierre-Loup A. Griffais wrote: > > Now, what I would really want is a review by Valve of my set-lizard function: > > static void steam_set_lizard_mode(struct steam_device *steam, bool enabled) > { > if (enabled) { > steam_send_report_byte(steam, 0x8e); //enable mouse > steam_send_report_byte(steam, 0x85); //enable esc, enter and cursor keys > } else { > steam_send_report_byte(steam, 0x81); //disable esc, enter and cursor keys > steam_write_register(steam, 0x08, 0x07); //disable mouse (cmd: 0x87) > } > } > > While it works, I find its asymmetry quite uncanny. I'm afraid that some > of these are there for a side effect, this is not their real purpose. > Could you give me a hint about this? >
If I remember correctly, you can also enable the mouse with "87 03 08 00 00". But that do not explain the asymmetry or why there are two ways of doing it. I always found it weird that the "enable" value was 0x0000 and the "disable" value 0x0007.
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