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New Linux Patches Properly Handle The Audio Jack On Sony's PS5 DualSense Controller
While there has been the Sony PlayStation 5 DualSense controller support for Linux going back several years and has been improved upon with more recent versions of the Linux kernel, there's been some shortcomings around the audio jack handling with the DualSense controller
Sent to the Linux kernel mailing list today were a set of 11 patches by Cristian Ciocaltea with Collabora for enhancing the audio jack handling on the Sony PS5 DualSense controller. Ciocaltea explains the current situation and improvements with the patch series:"The Sony DualSense wireless controller (PS5) provides an internal mono speaker, in addition to the 3.5mm jack socket for headphone output and headset microphone input. * Register a dedicated input device for the audio jack and use it to report all headphone and headset mic insert events.
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