Help please, Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Colin J Thomson <colin g6avk demon co uk> (by way of Colin J Thomson <colin g6avk demon co uk>)]

Hi List,

I hope this list the right place to ask,

I have a slight problem trying to set up a Joystick in RH8  (2.4.20-13.8)
kernel.. I have made some progress in that "jscal" and "jstest" do
actually respond to the tests now (in a fashion), but I always get this
error :-

##
Joystick (Unknown) has 2 axes and 2 buttons. Driver version is 0.8.0.
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Axes:  0:     8  1:     0 Buttons:  0:on   1:on
jstest: error reading: Inappropriate ioctl for device
##

Obviously the joystick does not work, but at least now it responds to the
tests.. I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction to fix
this or tell me what the error means maybe..
I have spent most of the weekend searching for info with no success :(
The joystick is a Genius F-31 (digital) for the Game port, even with my
searches I could not find any clue as to which module/driver to use

Any tips would be appreciated to what the "ioctl" error is and a possible
fix.

Thanks

Colin
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