Valve engineer Pierre-Loup A. Griffais contributed ByoWave Proteus controller support to the Linux kernel. ByoWave Proteus are some modular controller designs that can be adapted based upon the needs of the gamer and even what title you may be playing at the moment. The triggers and buttons are all repositionable for a very customized controller experience. The only downside is the modular gaming controller kit retails for $299 USD, but at least now works off the mainline Linux kernel.

The Proteus Controller Kit officially supports Windows, Xbox, and SteamOS 3.7 and newer was already patched for supporting this controller. Now for the Linux 6.16 kernel there is the support in place with the mainline kernel.

As written about last month, Griffais authored the patch for [1]Byowave Proteus with the XPad driver . Unlike other controllers, special handling in the XPad driver was needed for delayed initialization packets.

More details on all of the input subsystem updates for Linux 6.16 via [2]this pull request that is now in the mainline codebase.

Those wanting to learn more about this high-end modular gaming controller kit can do so at [3]Byowave.com .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/ByoWave-Proteus-Linux-Control

[2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/66fexopj4i5izpsalnoiqxy4ufbexlcax5yqs7iqvzdpdfjwww@6wiq5a6ubmak/

[3] https://byowave.com/products/proteus-controller