Nice move Sony. Makes my decision which controller to buy much easier
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Sony Publishes An Official Linux Driver For PlayStation 5 DualSense Controllers
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My guess is that they want to have their PS Now service available from a browser and they want ChromeOS devices to be able to use all the functionality from their controllers.
There's a reason why Sony has been pushing the WebHID specs to support their devices features.
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Can anyone please explain how SDL supports the device without the kernel driver? Also how would a program use the device through this driver. To clarify, as I am clueless regarding the kernel programming, is there a user API for the driver?Last edited by zoomblab; 25 December 2020, 10:46 AM.
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Originally posted by Orphis View PostMy guess is that they want to have their PS Now service available from a browser and they want ChromeOS devices to be able to use all the functionality from their controllers.
There's a reason why Sony has been pushing the WebHID specs to support their devices features.
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Originally posted by m1cha View PostNot quite since manufacturers only use LTS versions - and often not even the latest one.(I'd not be surprised about new phones shipping with 4.9).
Sony phones have long had the ability to pair PlayStation controllers out of the box. My former XPeria XZ Premium had an option to pair Dual Shock 4 controllers.
Their TVs also run Linux and they support PlayStation now on competitor's TVs like Samsung (who use Tizen).
They use FreeBSD on PlayStation and Linux literally everywhere else. The only platform they hardly care about is Windows after they sold Vaio.
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Originally posted by M@yeulC View Post
Well, for one, they allow streaming PlayStation games to Android phones, and control them over Bluetooth. Maybe that's just furthering this line of thought, for Android boxes, TVs, etc... Though it might take some time to trickle down, it could be backported.
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