Linux 7.2-rc7 Adding Support For The Most Unique Or Very Funky Gaming Controller
Linux 7.2-rc7 Adding Support For The Most Unique Or Very Funky Gaming Controller Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 8 August 2026 at 06:25 AM EDT. Add A Comment The input subsystem fixes for the week include a number of AI-driven patches to address various information leaks, out-of-bounds accesses, validation fixes, and other coding issues that have turned up recently. Plus some device quirks and also adding support for a rather funky gaming controller to the common XPad Linux driver used by many different gaming controllers.
- ▪Linux 7.2-rc7 Adding Support For The Most Unique Or Very Funky Gaming Controller Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 8 August 2026 at 06:25 AM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment The input subsystem fixes for the week include a number of AI-driven patches to address various information leaks, out-of-bounds accesses, validation fixes, and other coding issues that have turned up recently.
- ▪Plus some device quirks and also adding support for a rather funky gaming controller to the common XPad Linux driver used by many different gaming controllers.
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Linux 7.2-rc7 Adding Support For The Most Unique Or Very Funky Gaming Controller Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 8 August 2026 at 06:25 AM EDT. Add A Comment The input subsystem fixes for the week include a number of AI-driven patches to address various information leaks, out-of-bounds accesses, validation fixes, and other coding issues that have turned up recently. Plus some device quirks and also adding support for a rather funky gaming controller to the common XPad Linux driver used by many different gaming controllers. The new controller added to the XPad driver for Linux 7.2-rc7 is the Zenaim Leverless. The Zenaim Leverless looks rather unusual and is a controller optimized for fighting games.
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