[SDL] Linux joystick patch

[Sam Lantinga]

> I recently got myself a PS2 -> USB converter (a super joybox 5).  It
> accepts 4 PSX/PS2 controllers.  It's implemented as a HID, which is nice
> because it doesn't require its own driver, but the problem is that it's
> implemented as a *single* HID -- that is, it shows up as a single
> joystick with 19 axes, 4 hats, and 48 buttons.  This poses a problem for a
> number of apps which use SDL (stella, fce ultra, zsnes, to name a few) and
> see only a single (physical) joystick even though there are really 4
> (logical) joysticks.  There are a number of these types of devices on the
> market, and I've seen others post messages (in the zsnes forum, for
> example) with the same problem, so I came up with what I think is a pretty
> generic solution.

Cool!  Your patch is in CVS. :)

Thanks!
	-Sam Lantinga, Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment