not the same controller but i got an 8bitdo ultimate bt and never had to do anything special for tha
not the same controller but i got an 8bitdo ultimate bt and never had to do anything special for that to work in switch input mode 
udevadm monitor and connect the controller?057E:2009okay it's treating it like a switch controller
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ld.bfd /usr/local/bin/ldsudo rm /usr/local/bin/ldsudo ln -s /usr/bin/ld.bfd /usr/local/bin/ldln: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/local/bin/ld': File exists