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diff --git a/share/man/man4/hgame.4 b/share/man/man4/hgame.4 index 3309833c1720..94ad4f5ff4a4 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/hgame.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/hgame.4 @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause +.\" .\" Copyright (c) 2020 Vladimir Kondratyev <wulf@FreeBSD.org> .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -21,45 +24,62 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd September 14, 2020 +.Dd November 12, 2025 .Dt HGAME 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm hgame -.Nd Generic HID game controller (joystick/gamepad) driver +.Nd generic HID gamepad, joystick, and controller evdev driver .Sh SYNOPSIS -To compile this driver into the kernel, -place the following lines in your -kernel configuration file: -.Bd -ragged -offset indent -.Cd "device hgame" -.Cd "device hid" -.Cd "device hidbus" -.Cd "device hidmap" -.Cd "device evdev" -.Ed +.Cd device hgame +.Cd device hid +.Cd device hidbus +.Cd device hidmap +.Cd device evdev +.Pp +In +.Xr sysctl.conf 5 : +.Cd dev.hgame.X.debug .Pp -Alternatively, to load the driver as a -module at boot time, place the following line in +In .Xr loader.conf 5 : -.Bd -literal -offset indent -hgame_load="YES" -.Ed +.Cd hw.hid.hgame.debug +.Cd hgame_load .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -driver provides support for generic game controllers (joysticks/gamepads) -that attach to the HID transport backend. -See -.Xr iichid 4 -or -.Xr usbhid 4 . +driver supports generic game controllers +that attach to the HID transport backend, +and presents them to applications over the +.Sy evdev +interface. .Pp -The +If the appropriate hardware is detected, +the driver will be loaded automatically by +.Xr devmatch 8 . +To load the driver manually at boot time, set the +.Va hgame_load +variable to +.Ar YES +at the +.Xr loader 8 +prompt, or add it to +.Xr loader.conf 5 . +.Pp +To give user applications access to the game controllers, +allow user access to the .Pa /dev/input/event* -device presents the game controller as a -.Ar evdev -type device. +nodes with +.Xr devfs.rules 5 . +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports HID gamepads, joysticks, and controllers such as: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +8bitdo USB Wireless Adapter 2 +.El .Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES The following variable is available as both .Xr sysctl 8 @@ -68,25 +88,31 @@ variable and tunable: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Va dev.hgame.X.debug -Debug output level, where 0 is debugging disabled and larger values increase -debug message verbosity. +Debug output level, +where 0 is debugging disabled and +larger values increase debug message verbosity. Default is 0. .El .Pp -It's default value is set with +Its default value is set with .Xr loader 8 tunable: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Va hw.hid.hgame.debug .El .Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /dev/input/event* -compact +.Bl -tag -width "/dev/input/event*" -compact .It Pa /dev/input/event* -input event device node. +input event device +.Pq Sy evdev +node .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr iichid 4 , -.Xr usbhid 4 +.Xr ps4dshock 4 , +.Xr usbhid 4 , +.Xr xb360gp 4 , +.Xr devfs.rules 5 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm |