simracing-hwdb

Collection of hwdb entries for various simracing equipment.

What devices are there?

• Various pedals, which can be mistakenly detected as accelerometers.
• Wheelbases/Handbrakes with one/two axis without a buttons, which is not enough for standard tools to detect a joystick.

Installation

sudo make install
sudo systemd-hwdb update
# or, for non-systemd systems
sudo udevadm hwdb --update

Removal

sudo make remove
sudo systemd-hwdb update
# or, for non-systemd systems
sudo udevadm hwdb --update

Contributions

Contributions are welcome! .hwdb entries created as small files like so:

# Device description
id-input:modalias:input:*vVIDpPID*
 ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK=1

VID and PID should be in uppercase. ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK=1 is a must for our purposes. ID_INPUT_ACCELEROMETER=0 is needed only if device has 3 axis (X, Y, Z)