XB360GP(4)

💖 xb360gp(4) — the XBox 360 gamepad driver, explained 💖

okay so bestie, you know that XBox 360 controller that's just sitting there collecting dust? yeah, this driver is the one that makes it work. it's xb360gp, a manual page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual section 4, and honestly it's short and sweet and we're gonna get through it together. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

xb360gp — the XBox 360 gamepad driver. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎮

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

so you want it in your kernel? say less. drop these lines into your kernel configuration file:

device xb360gp
device hgame
device hid
device hidbus
device hidmap
device evdev

all six of them, bestie, don't get cute and skip one. 💅

or — if you'd rather load it as a module at boot time, that's also iconic, just put this line in loader.conf(5):

xb360gp_load="YES"

easy. periodt. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the xb360gp driver provides support for XBox 360 gamepad driver. yes it says "driver" twice, it's living its truth, we love that for it. 🫶

then there's the /dev/input/event* device, which presents the game controller as a evdev type device. and here's the tea: it's accessible to members of the games group. so if your controller is acting brand new and you can't see it, check your group membership first, iykyk. 😭

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🌸 SYSCTL VARIABLES 🌸

the following variable is available as both a sysctl(8) variable and a loader(8) tunable — dual citizenship, main character energy:

• dev.xb360gp.X.debug — debug output level, where 0 is debugging disabled and larger values increase debug message verbosity. default is 0.

it's default value is set with the loader(8) tunable:

hw.hid.xb360gp.debug

(and yes, the original really says "It's default value is set" — we don't fix, we don't merge, we just report. it's giving grammar moment and we stan anyway 💜)

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🍓 FILES 🍓

• /dev/input/event* — input event device node.

that's the whole list. one file. we <em>ate</em>. 🔥

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🌈 HISTORY 🌈

the xb360gp driver first appeared in FreeBSD 13.0. vintage-ish. a little retro. love that for it. 👑

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🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

the xb360gp driver was written by Val Packett <val@packett.cool>.

this manual page was written by Vladimir Kondratyev <wulf@FreeBSD.org>.

thank u both for ur service, genuinely. 🫡💖

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little reminder bestie: the technical bits above are the whole and entire truth of the page — don't go inventing extra behaviour, and definitely don't assume stuff the page doesn't say. the manpage is the source of truth, always. 💅

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and that's a wrap! 🌟 this page ships as part of the Debian build, dated November 30, 2025. go forth and game, bestie — mwah 💋🎀