NAME

ps4dshock —

Sony PlayStation 4 Dualshock 4 gamepad driver

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device ps4dshock
device hid
device hidbus
device hidmap
device evdev

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

ps4dshock_load="YES"

The ps4dshock driver provides support for Sony PlayStation 4 Dualshock 4 gamepad driver.

The /dev/input/event* device presents the game controller as a evdev type device.

Next parameters are available as sysctl(8) variables. Debug parameter is available as loader(8) tunable as well.

dev.p4dshock.*.led_state: LED state: 0 - off, 1 - on, 2 - blinking.
dev.p4dshock.*.led_color_r: LED color. Red component.
dev.p4dshock.*.led_color_g: LED color. Green component.
dev.p4dshock.*.led_color_b: LED color. Blue component.
dev.p4dshock.*.led_delay_on: LED blink. On delay, msecs.
dev.p4dshock.*.led_delay_off: LED blink. Off delay, msecs.
hw.hid.ps4dshock.debug: Debug output level, where 0 is debugging disabled and larger values increase debug message verbosity. Default is 0.

The ps4dshock does not support force-feedback events.

The ps4dshock driver first appeared in FreeBSD 13.0.

The ps4dshock driver was written by Vladimir Kondratyev <wulf@FreeBSD.org>.