hid-retrolink is a Linux driver for the retrolink dual controller port adapter.

This driver is based on https://github.com/retuxx/hid-retrobit

Installation

Raspberry Pi (RetroPie/Raspbian)

1. Download the latest deb package from: https://github.com/ryden/hid-retrolink/releases.
2. Install linux headers and dkms:

   sudo apt-get install raspberrypi-kernel-headers dkms
   

3. Install the driver:

   sudo dpkg -i hid-retrolink.deb
   

4. Plugin your device.

Debian, Ubuntu, SteamOS, ...

1. Download the latest deb package from: https://github.com/ryden/hid-retrolink/releases.
2. Install dkms:

   sudo apt-get install dkms
   

3. Install the driver:

   sudo dpkg -i hid-retrolink.deb
   

4. Plugin your device.

Fedora, CentOS, ...

1. Download the latest rpm package from: https://github.com/ryden/hid-retrolink/releases.
2. Make sure you have installed the latest kernel. Otherwise, dkms is unable to build the module because the linux headers are missing:

   sudo yum update
   

3. Reboot your system.
4. Install linux headers:

   sudo yum install kernel-devel
   

5. Install the driver:

   sudo yum localinstall hid-retrolink-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm
   

6. Plugin your device.

Manual

Install the driver with the following commands:

make              # build the driver
sudo make install # install the driver
sudo depmod -a    # update the module dependency graph

Now you should be able to load the driver with:
(the dirver was successfully loaded if there is no terminal output)

sudo modprobe hid-retrolink

Unfortunately the driver hid-generic binds all HID devices with the result that hid-retrolink is unable to do its job. The file 99-hid-retrolink.rules contains some udev rules which unbinds all supported devices from hid-generic and rebinds them to hid-retrolink on the fly. Copy this file to /etc/udev/rules.d.

To ensure that the udev rules are able to rebind the supported devices, you finally need to copy the file hid-retrolink.conf to /etc/modules-load.d.

Now your devices are ready to use. Restart your system and have fun playing games retro style :).