# Re: \[PATCH BlueZ 3/4\] Enable input/sixpair build (but no installation)

- From: Bastien Nocera \<hadess@hadess.net\>
- Date: 2011-12-30 23:47:27 
- List: linux-bluetooth
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-bluetooth/2011/12/9616627
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-bluetooth/2011/12/9616633/t.md

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Em Fri, 2011-12-30 às 22:47 +0100, Antonio Ospite escreveu:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:26:10 -0400
> Anderson Lizardo [ref] wrote:
> 
> > "sixpair" is a standalone tool to manage PS3 controllers. It was the
> > only tool not being built by default.
> > 
> > To build it, it is necessary to check for libusb-1.0 (besides the
> > existing libusb 0.1 check). The check is optional, and sixpair will not
> > be built if libusb-1.0 headers are not installed.
> > ---
> > 
> > I personally never used this tool. So I'm not sure if the best approach is to
> > completely remove it instead. If that's the case, let me know so I send a patch
> > removing the .c file instead.
> >
> 
> Hi Anderson,
> 
> I'd say the .c file can be removed if you want to, when I have time I am
> going to resend the playstation-peripheral plugin and the prerequisite
> patches to have it as an _external_ plugin, I hope to do that next
> week.
> 
> In my previous submissions of the playstation-peripheral plugin I was
> removing this .c file just before adding the new plugin, and I am going
> to "revert" this patch anyways, so you can choose to drop this patch
> and let me remove the .c file when I add the plugin, or remove it right
> now. I think there isn't much of a gain enabling the build of the
> sixpair.c currently in BlueZ.
> 
> I am adding Bastien on CC as he was the author of the sixpair currently
> in BlueZ, Bastien what do you think?

Don't care. Been shipping a working-but-not-perfect version of a sixpair
plugin in the Fedora bluez package for at least 2 years. I'd be very
happy to drop that patch in favour of a supported version.

Cheers

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