Please include hid-bigbenff.c driver for 18.04 and later kernels

[Hanno]

Hi there,

my driver submission has just been accepted for the upcoming 4.20 mainline kernel by the input maintainers:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid.git/commit/?h=for-4.20/bigbenff&id=256a90ed9e46b270bbc4e15ef05216ff049c3721

The BigBen Interactive PS3OFMINIPAD kids' gamepad is a Playstation3 accessory and was designed for smaller hands. The Linux kernel didn't support its rumble effects, so the device's HID protocol needed to be reverse-engineered to write this driver.

I originally wrote this driver for the Raspberry Pi and the Retropie software used by my kids. But now that Steam and Proton are here, we are using our Ubuntu boxes more and more often for gaming, so including this driver in the default kernel would be nice.

The patch applies cleanly on the kernels of 18.04 and 18.10 with no changes, so there's no backporting to do.

Thank you.

[Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1794293

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Hanno (hzulla)]

This is a feature request, not a bug report. Therefore, no log files are required for this issue, and now changing to "confirmed".

[Hanno (hzulla)]

This report may be closed now. Thank you.