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27.Dd August 11, 2020
28.Dt HMT 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm hmt
32.Nd MS Windows 7/8/10 - compatible HID multi-touch device driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines into
35your kernel configuration file:
36.Bd -ragged -offset indent
37.Cd "device hmt"
38.Cd "device hidbus"
39.Cd "device hid"
40.Cd "device hconf"
41.Cd "device evdev"
42
43.Ed
44.Pp
45Alternatively, to load the driver as a
46module at boot time, place the following line in
47.Xr loader.conf 5 :
48.Bd -literal -offset indent
49hmt_load="YES"
50.Ed
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Nm
54driver provides support for the MS Windows 7/8/10 - compatible HID
55multi-touch devices found in many laptops.
56.Pp
57To get multi-touch device working in
58.Xr X 7 ,
59install
60.Pa ports/x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev .
61.Sh FILES
62.Nm
63creates a pseudo-device file,
64.Pa /dev/input/eventX
65which presents the multi-touch device as an input event device.
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr hid 4 ,
68.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
69.Xr xorg.conf 5 Pq Pa ports/x11/xorg ,
70.Xr evdev 4 Pq Pa ports/x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev .
71.Sh AUTHORS
72.An -nosplit
73The
74.Nm
75driver was written by
76.An Vladimir Kondratyev Aq Mt wulf@FreeBSD.org .
77.Sh BUGS
78.Nm
79cannot act like
80.Xr sysmouse 4
81