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Linux 6.15 Better Handles PS5 Controllers, AMD Human Presence Detection Off By Default

All of the HID subsystem updates have been merged for the ongoing Linux 6.15 merge window.

Thanks to the work of Amazon engineer Alex Henrie, Sony PlayStation 5 controllers are better handled with Linux 6.15. The HID updates for Linux 6.15 also include a "big revamp and modernization" of the hid-pidff force feedback driver. This AMD SFH driver support for modern Ryzen laptops will now default to having Human Presence Detection disabled.

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