summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstatshomepage
path: root/docs/source
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/source')
-rw-r--r--docs/source/advanced/ctrlr_config.rst6
-rw-r--r--docs/source/techspecs/inputsystem.rst4
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/advanced/ctrlr_config.rst b/docs/source/advanced/ctrlr_config.rst
index 9e284f7f945..7c4f5073638 100644
--- a/docs/source/advanced/ctrlr_config.rst
+++ b/docs/source/advanced/ctrlr_config.rst
@@ -257,5 +257,7 @@ Here’s an example numbering two light guns and two XInput game controllers:
</input>
</system>
-MAME applies ``mapdevice`` elements found inside any applicable ``system``
-element.
+MAME applies ``mapdevice`` elements found inside the first applicable ``system``
+element only. To avoid confusion, it’s simplest place the ``system`` element
+element applying to all systems (``name`` attribute set to ``default``) first
+in the file, and use it to assign input device numbers.
diff --git a/docs/source/techspecs/inputsystem.rst b/docs/source/techspecs/inputsystem.rst
index 9145dba2fa2..d7f0c1a74c4 100644
--- a/docs/source/techspecs/inputsystem.rst
+++ b/docs/source/techspecs/inputsystem.rst
@@ -308,7 +308,9 @@ Input provider modules are part of the OS-dependent layer (OSD), and are
not directly exposed to emulation and user interface code. Input
provider modules are responsible for detecting available host input
devices, setting up input devices for the input manager, and providing
-callbacks to read the current state of input device items.
+callbacks to read the current state of input device items. Input
+provider modules may also provide additional default input assignments
+suitable for host input devices that are present.
The user is given a choice of input modules to use. One input provider
module is used for each of the four input device classes (keyboard,