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27.Dd February 27, 2022
28.Dt IETP 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm ietp
32.Nd Elantech I2C touchpad 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 ietp"
38.Cd "device hidbus"
39.Cd "device hid"
40.Cd "device iichid"
41.Cd "device iicbus"
42.Cd "device evdev"
43
44.Ed
45.Pp
46Alternatively, to load the driver as a
47module at boot time, place the following line in
48.Xr loader.conf 5 :
49.Bd -literal -offset indent
50ietp_load="YES"
51.Ed
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55driver provides support for the Elantech I2C touchpad multi-touch devices
56found in many laptops.
57.Pp
58To get multi-touch device working in
59.Xr X 7 Pq Pa ports/x11/xorg-docs ,
60install
61.Pa ports/x11-drivers/xf86-input-libinput .
62.Sh FILES
63.Nm
64creates a pseudo-device file,
65.Pa /dev/input/eventX
66which presents the multi-touch device as an input event device.
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr hid 4 ,
69.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
70.Xr xorg.conf 5 Pq Pa ports/x11/xorg ,
71.Xr libinput 4 Pq Pa ports/x11-drivers/xf86-input-libinput .
72.Sh AUTHORS
73.An -nosplit
74The
75.Nm
76driver was written by
77.An Vladimir Kondratyev Aq Mt wulf@FreeBSD.org .
78.Sh BUGS
79.Nm
80cannot act like
81.Xr sysmouse 4
82