How to use the Official GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U in Dolphin: Difference between revisions

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(Added forum thread link for OS X. I showed this to skidau, and it does not create a massive security hole like the previous one did, so this is good.)
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== OS X ==
== OS X ==
Due to the nature of Apple's HID implementation, ''all'' HID devices (including non-standard ones) are intercepted by IOKit's HID driver. Since the adapter does not supply a valid report descriptor, this makes the IOKit driver useless for direct communication..
Due to the nature of Apple's HID implementation, ''all'' HID devices (including non-standard ones) are intercepted by IOKit's HID driver. Since the adapter does not supply a valid report descriptor, this makes the IOKit driver useless for direct communication.


Instead, IOKit's behavior may be manipulated via a codeless .kext to simply ''ignore'' the adapter and permit a lower-level connection (like the one Dolphin makes):
Instead, IOKit's behavior may be manipulated via a codeless .kext to simply ''ignore'' the adapter and permit a lower-level connection (like the one Dolphin makes):
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For questions on any of these techniques, please see the [https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-os-x-gcn-adapter-kext-testers-wanted forum thread].
For questions on any of these OS X connection techniques, please see the [https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-os-x-gcn-adapter-kext-testers-wanted forum thread].


== Windows ==
== Windows ==