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adds support for official wii u/nintendo switch gamecube controller adapter, tested with GC Pocket+ which is interfaced via the same protocols, will require WinUSB on official adapters.

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  • New Features
    • Added Windows support for Nintendo WUP-028 GameCube controller adapters.
    • Added controller input and per-port rumble support, with fallback when the adapter is unavailable.
    • Added automatic adapter reconnection and support for wired and wireless controllers.
    • Added controller setup and mapping tools, including connection status, device details, polling rate, and per-port diagnostics.
  • Chores
    • Added exclusions for generated build-output directories.

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This change adds Windows WinUSB support for the Nintendo WUP-028 adapter. The runtime reads controller input, controls rumble, manages adapter lifecycle, and integrates the controller mapping wizard.

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WUP-028 adapter support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Adapter contract and build wiring
runtime/include/wup028_adapter.h, runtime/cmake/PublicProducts.cmake, .gitignore
Defines adapter states, metadata, lifecycle functions, controller reads, and rumble control. Links the Windows WinUSB libraries and ignores adapter build output directories.
USB transport and report processing
runtime/src/wup028_adapter.cpp
Discovers the adapter, initializes WinUSB transfers, decodes 37-byte reports, supports wired and wireless ports, sends rumble commands, handles reconnects, and tracks adapter metadata.
Runtime input and lifecycle integration
runtime/src/hle/input/pad.cpp, runtime/src/main.cpp
Initializes and shuts down the adapter across normal and exception paths. Reads adapter statuses before falling back to PADRead, and uses adapter rumble before PADControlMotor.
Controller mapping wizard integration
runtime/src/settings_overlay.cpp
Replaces the adapter diagnostics submenu with the controller mapping wizard. Loads mappings, routes SDL events, draws the wizard independently, and blocks game input while it is active.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 5193d

The change adds GameCube adapter support, but an empty connected adapter can suppress existing rumble behavior. The PR is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up for this bounded runtime compatibility risk.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Runtime as runtime/src/main.cpp
  participant Adapter as Wup028Adapter
  participant USB as WinUSB device
  participant PAD as PAD__Read_HLE
  participant Wizard as controller_mapping_wizard
  Runtime->>Adapter: Initialize()
  Adapter->>USB: Discover and configure adapter
  USB-->>Adapter: Provide controller reports
  PAD->>Adapter: Read(statuses)
  Adapter-->>PAD: Return controller statuses
  Wizard->>Wizard: Load mappings and receive SDL events
  Wizard-->>Runtime: Block game input while active
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runtime/src/wup028_adapter.cpp (1)

274-279: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make the reconnect backoff interruptible.

Shutdown joins the worker, and this sleep does not observe g_stop. When no adapter is present, process exit blocks for up to one second. Replace the sleep with a std::condition_variable::wait_for that returns early when the stop flag is set.

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In `@runtime/src/wup028_adapter.cpp` around lines 274 - 279, Replace the
unconditional reconnect delay in the worker loop with a
std::condition_variable::wait_for guarded by the existing stop flag g_stop, so
Shutdown can wake the worker and the wait exits immediately when stopping.
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In `@runtime/src/hle/input/pad.cpp`:
- Around line 48-60: Update the Wup028Adapter::Read handling to detect whether
any adapterStatuses entry reports PAD_ERR_NONE; only copy the adapter statuses
and build rumbleMask when a controller is present, otherwise fall back to
PADRead(statuses) so host input remains available.

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In `@runtime/src/wup028_adapter.cpp`:
- Around line 274-279: Replace the unconditional reconnect delay in the worker
loop with a std::condition_variable::wait_for guarded by the existing stop flag
g_stop, so Shutdown can wake the worker and the wait exits immediately when
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runtime/src/hle/input/pad.cpp (1)

93-95: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not consume legacy rumble when the adapter has no controller.

PAD__Read_HLE falls back to PADRead when the adapter reports no controllers. However, Wup028Adapter::SetRumble returns true whenever the adapter is connected, even when every port reports PAD_ERR_NO_CONTROLLER. This branch then skips PADControlMotor, so legacy controllers receive input but no rumble.

Make adapter rumble handling require an active controller on the requested port, or return false from SetRumble for empty ports.

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In `@runtime/src/hle/input/pad.cpp` around lines 93 - 95, Update
Wup028Adapter::SetRumble or the PAD__Read_HLE rumble branch so adapter rumble is
handled only when the requested channel has an active controller; return false
for empty ports, allowing PADControlMotor(chan, command) to run for legacy
controllers.
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- Around line 93-95: Update Wup028Adapter::SetRumble or the PAD__Read_HLE rumble
branch so adapter rumble is handled only when the requested channel has an
active controller; return false for empty ports, allowing PADControlMotor(chan,
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In `@runtime/src/wup028_adapter.cpp`:
- Line 390: Update the rumble handling around the disconnected-port guard to
clear g_rumble[port] whenever the port is absent, while still returning false
for inactive ports so fallback handling remains available. Also clear all stored
rumble state in ClearConnectedPorts, preserving existing behavior for active
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fixed issues from coderabbit

@patchzyy patchzyy mentioned this pull request Aug 26, 2026
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GalaxisBeast and others added 2 commits August 26, 2026 20:12
fix timeout loop, fixed drift issues, fixed infinite rumble, fixed gamecube controller adapter taking over all ports, require assigning a virtual controller port specifically to the gamecube controller adapter, and block inputs from gamecube controller while settings menu (f10 menu) is open
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patchzyy merged commit 1912292 into patchzyy:main Aug 27, 2026
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Klebby1 added a commit to Klebby1/Wiicompiled-Linux that referenced this pull request Aug 28, 2026
Upstream PR patchzyy#42 adds native Nintendo GameCube Controller Adapter
(WUP-028, USB 057e:0337) support, but wup028_adapter.cpp was Windows-only
(WinUSB + SetupAPI + overlapped I/O).

Restructured the file additively into three regions, per this fork's
"branch on platform, never rewrite the Windows path" strategy:

- #if defined(_WIN32): the original WinUSB Device/Transfer/FindAdapter/
  Open, byte-for-byte unchanged.
- #elif defined(__linux__): a libusb-1.0 transport. Transfer() keeps the
  exact Win32 signature (UCHAR/ULONG/DWORD aliased in the anon namespace)
  wrapping libusb_interrupt_transfer, so the shared Worker() needs no
  #if. Open() enumerates via libusb_get_device_list + descriptor match
  (not libusb_open_device_with_vid_pid, which hides EACCES), opens,
  auto-detaches the kernel driver, claims interface 0, scans the config
  descriptor for the IN/OUT endpoints, and sends the 0x13 stream-enable
  byte. A single process-lifetime libusb context (SharedUsbContext(),
  function-local static, never freed) backs every open attempt so the
  once-a-second no-adapter retry loop does not cycle libusb's event
  thread. The absent-device error keeps the exact "No VID ..." text that
  Worker()'s state/log-suppression logic keys on; EACCES and BUSY get
  distinct, surfaced messages (EACCES includes the udev rule to add).
- #else #error, matching the CMake platform gate.

Axis/DecodePort/SendRumble/RefreshInputStream/ClearConnectedPorts/
Worker and the whole public API are shared and unchanged.

New Wup028Adapter::PrepareHostInputBackend() disables SDL3's competing
HIDAPI GameCube driver (SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_GAMECUBE=0) before
aurora starts SDL; called from RuntimeMain ahead of aurora_initialize().
No-op on Windows.

CMake: pkg_check_modules(MKW_LIBUSB REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libusb-1.0)
under if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE); linked to mkw_runtime_common for headers
and to each product in mkw_configure_product (object-lib link deps do
not propagate through $<TARGET_OBJECTS>). wup028_adapter.cpp is marked
SKIP_UNITY_BUILD_INCLUSION so a USB header's macros never leak into an
unrelated unity group. libusb-1.0 dev headers are now a hard Linux build
dependency (REQUIRED) - documented in the README's Linux quick path.

Verified: configures and finds libusb 1.0.30; the TU compiles in-context;
WiiCompiled and RetroRewind link with libusb-1.0.so.0. The
adapter-present path is unverified (no WUP-028 on hand) - see LEARNINGS.md,
which also notes the unrelated controller-auto-assignment change that
rode in with the upstream merge.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Q4UkvcLMyi8A7Do7VR5k4r
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Seems redundant/unnecessary. See -> #37 (comment)

theofficialgman added a commit to theofficialgman/Wiicompiled that referenced this pull request Aug 29, 2026
also restores automatic port assignment on non-Windows. This should be the default as patchzyy#42 was never a necessary change
theofficialgman added a commit to theofficialgman/Wiicompiled that referenced this pull request Aug 29, 2026
also restores automatic port assignment on non-Windows. This should be the default as patchzyy#42 was never a necessary change
theofficialgman added a commit to theofficialgman/Wiicompiled that referenced this pull request Aug 29, 2026
also restores automatic port assignment on non-Windows. This should be the default as patchzyy#42 was never a necessary change
theofficialgman added a commit to theofficialgman/Wiicompiled that referenced this pull request Aug 29, 2026
also restores automatic port assignment on non-Windows. This should be the default as patchzyy#42 was never a necessary change
theofficialgman added a commit to theofficialgman/Wiicompiled that referenced this pull request Aug 29, 2026
also restores automatic port assignment on non-Windows. This should be the default as patchzyy#42 was never a necessary change
theofficialgman added a commit to theofficialgman/Wiicompiled that referenced this pull request Aug 29, 2026
also restores automatic port assignment on non-Windows. This should be the default as patchzyy#42 was never a necessary change
theofficialgman added a commit to theofficialgman/Wiicompiled that referenced this pull request Aug 29, 2026
also restores automatic port assignment on non-Windows. This should be the default as patchzyy#42 was never a necessary change
theofficialgman added a commit to theofficialgman/Wiicompiled that referenced this pull request Aug 29, 2026
also restores automatic port assignment on non-Windows. This should be the default as patchzyy#42 was never a necessary change
patchzyy added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 29, 2026
This reverts commit 1912292, reversing
changes made to e498e62.
Klebby1 added a commit to Klebby1/Wiicompiled-Linux that referenced this pull request Aug 30, 2026
Upstream PR patchzyy#37 shipped its own complete native Linux port (runtime
portability, libco fiber scheduling, Linux installer/AppImage packaging),
covering the same subsystems this fork's hand-rolled port did. Verified
by building upstream's runtime standalone and booting it against this
checkout's real disc data before merging: clean zero-warning build,
correct CMake gating, boots through OS/GX/audio init into the THP intro
load, same as this fork's own build.

Resolved all runtime/translator conflicts by taking upstream's side,
retiring the ucontext.h fiber scheduler and mmap/memfd guest-memory port
in favor of upstream's equivalents, and dropping the WUP-028 Linux
libusb transport (commit 2980001) since upstream argues SDL3 already
covers GameCube adapters via its own libusb backend and has reverted the
original Windows-only PR patchzyy#42 this fork extended. Removed main.cpp's now
orphaned call into Wup028Adapter::PrepareHostInputBackend() to match
upstream's main.cpp exactly.

Verified the portable-install path (this checkout's existing UserData/,
found via portable.txt) survives the merge automatically via upstream's
own general-purpose marker-file mechanism -- no data migration needed.

See LEARNINGS.md's 2026-08-30 entry for the full investigation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014pUmQKPXqVJ4GRgCh8crVz
KeithKirenai pushed a commit to KeithKirenai/wheeldroid that referenced this pull request Sep 5, 2026
add gamecube controller support for all 4 ports
KeithKirenai pushed a commit to KeithKirenai/wheeldroid that referenced this pull request Sep 5, 2026
also restores automatic port assignment on non-Windows. This should be the default as patchzyy#42 was never a necessary change
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