On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:46:40AM -0800, Klaus Heinz wrote:

> So I suppose if recognized USB gamepads support /dev/joy* they will work
> as well.

No, they don't. It's just a far too limited interface.
The USB hid spec (and our libusb [or whatever it is called]) provide
native support for USB devices with lots of buttons and many axes and
throttles. /dev/joy is just 2xtwo axes and 2xtwo buttons.

Martin