EMS LCD TopGun driver for Linux 2.6.x

introduction

Here's a small driver for Linux v2.6.x that will support the EMS LCD TopGun.

I wrote this driver mostly because the XBox-compatibility mode that this gun supports doesn't work very well with some MAME games (Area51, etc...).

This driver supports off-screen reload fine.

Thanks to Brian Goines and his GunCon2 driver for the basis of this work.

download

• v0.2 (04/14/08):
  - topgun-0.2.tar.gz
  Thanks to Adolfo R. Brandes for the updates:
  - Compiles and runs on newer kernels (tested up to 2.6.24).
  - Rewrote the setting of bits, based on xpad360.
  - Added module option debug=1
  
  
  
• v0.1 (02/26/06):
  - topgun-0.1.tar.gz
  
  
  

installation

- untar the package and cd into the topgun-0.1 directory
- make
- make install (as root)
- to use with AdvanceMAME, make sure you have the "Event interface" and "Joystick interface" support compiled in your kernel.
- make sure your gun is in the PC/PS2 position (Not XBox) and plug it in.

release history

• v0.1:
  -Initial release. Tested mostly with AdvanceMAME.
  

credits

• EMS LCD TopGun Linux driver - Christophe Thibault