Implementing xpadneo drivers for future releases ?

MisterT · February 8, 2019 at 2:04 AM

Hello Folks

First of all: xpadneo is the device driver for the Xbox One S Gamepad (with Bluetooth builtin) (But only for bluetooth connection - on USB connection directly xpad driver is still needed).

Now while Kodi / Libreelec supporting retro Gaming and the Xbox One Gamepads has a wide range of users - I think it would be REALLY great to get the bluetooth connection also working

Source code: xpadneo Linux Drivers

I am also available for pretesting and debugging (got one Xbox One S Gamepad) - But I only need prebuild images for testing

On current LE 9.0 (fresh setup):

Xbox One S Gamepad working only with USB connection

on Bluetooth: Gamepad connects over internal Rpi3 BT chip and also stays connected but Kodi / LE doesnt get any keypresses

On "btmon" keypresses will be recognized

On RetroPie (same Rpi3 hardware) the Gamepad works already without any issues over bluetooth - So I think its only about to implement xpadneo drivers

Have a nice day!

EDIT: Experienced in Linux - but I am not on developer side of things (no help needed on debugging / pretest purposes)

**Iridium** · February 9, 2019 at 6:04 PM Official Post

You could try compiling your own image - details are explained Here

MisterT · February 10, 2019 at 4:23 PM

Thank you for this guide

But I am not really sure which files I need to successfully implement it and didnt know the correct location

basilean · June 14, 2019 at 6:42 PM

Hello guys,
First at all, I love LibreELEC, best mmc ever, thank you very much!
I tried to reply back soon but looked some issue on registration so I'm not sure if xpadneo support was already addressed.

If not, I wrote this recipe to get it working.

At your PC

As root install compilation tools needed

apt install gcc make git unzip wget xz-utils wget bash bc gcc sed patch patchutils tar bzip2 gzip perl gawk gperf zip unzip diffutils lzop libc6-dev libncurses5-dev libjson-perl

Clone repo

git clone https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv.git

cd LibreELEC.tv/

Create a new package

mkdir packages/linux-drivers/xpadneo

vi packages/linux-drivers/xpadneo/package.mk

Code

PKG_NAME="xpadneo"
PKG_VERSION="master"
#PKG_SHA256="6626c55eeb13a0608a68209f7da29efb11a841aa443bab4d4bef5db8dc04d33d"
PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
PKG_SITE="https://github.com/atar-axis/xpadneo"
PKG_URL="https://github.com/atar-axis/xpadneo/archive/master.zip"
PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain linux"
PKG_NEED_UNPACK="$LINUX_DEPENDS"
PKG_LONGDESC="Advanced Linux Driver for Xbox One Wireless Gamepad"
PKG_IS_KERNEL_PKG="yes"
PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"

make_target() {
kernel_make -C $(kernel_path) M=$PKG_BUILD/hid-xpadneo/src modules
}

makeinstall_target() {
mkdir -p $INSTALL/$(get_full_module_dir)/$PKG_NAME
cp $PKG_BUILD/hid-xpadneo/src/*.ko $INSTALL/$(get_full_module_dir)/$PKG_NAME
}

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Build package
`PROJECT=RPi DEVICE=RPi2 ARCH=arm scripts/build xpadneo`

If all goes well, new module should be there, you need to match running image with kernel version.

/sbin/modinfo build.LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-9.1-devel/xpadneo-master/hid-xpadneo/src/hid-xpadneo.ko

Quote from modinfo output

...

vermagic: 5.0.13 SMP mod_unload ARMv7 p2v8

...

Quote from Working Image

#0507, 07-May-2019: RPi / RPi2 -- Release post (New 5.0.13 kernel; drop omxplayer)

Copy module

scp build.LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-9.1-devel/xpadneo-master/hid-xpadneo/src/hid-xpadneo.ko root@PI:/storage/.config/

At your MMC

Disable conflicting bt options

vi /storage/.config/modprobe.d/xpadneo.conf

Code

options bluetooth disable_ertm=y

Nasty hardcore to make it "permanent"

vi /storage/.config/autostart.sh

Code

(
cp -v /storage/.config/hid-xpadneo.ko /lib/modules/5.0.13/kernel/drivers/hid/
depmod
) &

chmod 755 /storage/.config/autostart.sh

Add udev rule

vi /storage/.config/udev.rules.d/99-xpadneo.rules

Code

ACTION=="bind", KERNEL=="0005:045E:02FD.*|0005:045E:02E0.*", SUBSYSTEM=="hid", DRIVER=="microsoft", \
RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo $kernel > /sys/bus/hid/drivers/microsoft/unbind; echo $kernel > /sys/bus/hid/drivers/xpadneo/bind'"

Reboot to confirm that all works as expected and that should be all.
Keep press X button few seconds until it starts to blink and try pair it, probably you will need to remap keys, so keep a keyboard close.

Hope you find it useful.
Andres.-

MisterT · June 24, 2019 at 8:23 AM

Hey, sorry for late answer - but i forgot this topic

Thanks for your work - really appreciate it

But I cant test it right now (much network thinks to do...) - But I will test it for sure and then I will post it here

basilean · August 4, 2019 at 1:27 AM

Hey man, I repeated process today, I just needed to comment SHA256 line and it worked like a champ. Original post updated.

Forgot to tell you, also remember to update autostart.sh to new kernel modules location, IE:

cat /storage/.config/autostart.sh

(

cp -v /storage/.config/hid-xpadneo.ko /lib/modules/5.2.0/kernel/drivers/hid/

depmod

) &

Speadge · November 12, 2019 at 5:56 PM

Hi,

could anyone provide the driver package vor libreelec 9 and a short howto to implement it manually?

sadly i cant get it to run with the manual provided by basilean, since i have no linux on hand to prepare the package

EDIT: basilean: i spent about 5h to figure it out somehow now.

but beeing on 9.2, the kernel on RPi4 is 4.19.76.

how do i change this in the module AFTER building it?

Mateus Felipe · March 20, 2020 at 10:27 PM

Hi, basilean, your workaround worked perfectly to me!

Thank you, very much!

I just made a little change on the autostart.sh file:

Code

(
cp -v /storage/.config/hid-xpadneo.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/hid/
depmod
) &

This way, the driver is automatically copied to the right kernel version.

Mister Floppy · August 5, 2020 at 7:44 AM

Hi guys,

I need your help - coming from the "Windows world", I'm a Linux NOOB, so please have mercy with me

Using a RaspberryPi with "Buster" as my Linux platform, I've followed exactly the step-by-step instructions in post #4 , but unfortunately, after having entered "PROJECT=RPi DEVICE=RPi2 ARCH=arm scripts/build xpadneo" for building the package, I waited until the prompt appeared in the end again, however, I didn't get a file named "hid-xpadneo.ko" .

I can see that the last text in the terminal program says the following:

"NOTE: if in doubt, on Unix-ish system use './config'.

FAILURE: scripts/build openssl:host during configure_host (package.mk)