Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] MR11621: Prefer hidraw for Valve devices

[Rick Rey (＠AnAndroNerd)]

On Thu Aug 20 06:56:30 2026 +0000, Rémi Bernon wrote:
> It's difficult to decide whether we want that or not. It's indeed
> possible that it would allow Steam for Windows to recognize Valve
> hardware in a better way, but it's also possible that it would break
> other legitimate use cases like running Wine under Steam for Linux with
> Valve hardware handled by Steam on the Linux side directly.
> It doesn't seem possible to support both use cases by default, and the
> latter is a Linux-only use case, but we also have many registry keys to
> allow enabling hidraw for a specific VID if it's not the default. It
> would be nice if that were good enough :).
> Is there anything I can do to get this approved? Currently if macOS users own a Steam Controller, they can’t use it at all under WINE without a 3rd party software.

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https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/11621#note_149398