Re: [PATCH] HID: wiimote: add Nintendo-Wii-Remote-Plus IDs

Hi Peter

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Peter Olson [off-list ref] wrote:

I didn't feel up to reinstalling my entire kernel, so I just rebuilt
the kernel and insmod'd the hid ko files.

Before the new module was loaded, dmesg gave:
[335678.959554] hid-generic 0005:057E:0330.0005: unknown main item tag 0x0
[335678.959749] input: Nintendo RVL-CNT-01-TR as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1.1/3-1.1.1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:11/input38
[335678.959995] hid-generic 0005:057E:0330.0005: input,hidraw4:
BLUETOOTH HID v0.01 Gamepad [Nintendo RVL-CNT-01-TR] on
09:B2:62:50:84:91
[335746.899830] hid-generic 0005:057E:0330.0006: unknown main item tag 0x0
[335746.899965] input: Nintendo RVL-CNT-01-TR as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1.1/3-1.1.1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:12/input39
[335746.900067] hid-generic 0005:057E:0330.0006: input,hidraw4:
BLUETOOTH HID v0.01 Gamepad [Nintendo RVL-CNT-01-TR] on
09:B2:62:50:84:91

Then I reloaded the kernel modules:
$ sudo rmmod hid_wiimote
$ sudo rmmod usbhid
$ sudo rmmod hidp
$ sudo rmmod hid_generic
$ sudo insmod ./hid.ko
$ sudo insmod ./hid-generic.ko
$ sudo insmod ./usbhid/usbhid.ko
$ sudo insmod ./hid-wiimote.ko
$ sudo modprobe hidp

Afterward dmesg said:
[335937.601486] Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.2
[335957.615400] wiimote 0005:057E:0330.000B: unknown main item tag 0x0
[335957.615525] wiimote 0005:057E:0330.000B: hidraw4: BLUETOOTH HID
v0.01 Gamepad [Nintendo RVL-CNT-01-TR] on 09:B2:62:50:84:91
[335957.615578] input: Nintendo Wii Remote Accelerometer as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1.1/3-1.1.1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:12/0005:057E:0330.000B/input/input44
[335957.615724] input: Nintendo Wii Remote IR as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1.1/3-1.1.1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:12/0005:057E:0330.000B/input/input45
[335957.615822] input: Nintendo Wii Remote as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1.1/3-1.1.1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:12/0005:057E:0330.000B/input/input46
[335958.612615] power_supply wiimote_battery: driver failed to report
`capacity' property: -5
[335958.612688] Registered led device: 0005:057E:0330.000B:blue:p0
[335958.612713] Registered led device: 0005:057E:0330.000B:blue:p1
[335958.612734] Registered led device: 0005:057E:0330.000B:blue:p2
[335958.612755] Registered led device: 0005:057E:0330.000B:blue:p3
[335958.612812] input: Nintendo Wii Remote Extension as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1.1/3-1.1.1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:12/0005:057E:0330.000B/input/input47
[335958.613495] input: Nintendo Wii Remote Motion+ as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1.1/3-1.1.1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:12/0005:057E:0330.000B/input/input48
[335958.613648] wiimote 0005:057E:0330.000B: New device registered
[335960.612211] power_supply wiimote_battery: driver failed to report
`capacity' property: -5
[335978.686281] wiimote 0005:057E:0330.000B: Device removed
[335980.695131] power_supply wiimote_battery: driver failed to report
`capacity' property: -5

This is weird. Why does that patch work for you? Did you add the ID to
the "hid_have_special_driver[]" array? Because without it this
shouldn't work at all.

The log shows that the device is properly connected. And it takes 20
seconds until the device is automatically removed. So if you call
"xwiishow" in between these 20s then it should show up.

20s is actually the timeout that the Wii Remote uses during discovery.
Maybe this is really because the device isn't bonded. Can you try the
bluez patch I posted and connect _with_ bonding/authentication. So
don't select "without PIN" during connection.
With the bluez patch bluez will automatically generate the PIN and you
shouldn't be prompted for PIN input anymore.

(Note, This has the motion plus built in, and I had the numchuck connected)

However, xwiishow still doesn't recognize the device:
$ xwiishow list
Listing connected Wii Remote devices:
End of device list

Please let me know if you need further testing for the kernel patch.
I'll reply to the github post for xwiimote to follow up on that issue.

Peter

Thanks a lot for testing this!
David