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29.Dd December 3, 1997
30.Dt MOUSE 4
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm mouse
34.Nd mouse and pointing device drivers
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/mouse.h
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The mouse drivers
39.Xr psm 4 ,
40.Xr ums 4
41and
42.Xr sysmouse 4
43provide user programs with movement and button state information of the mouse.
44Currently there are specific device drivers for bus, InPort, PS/2, and USB mice.
45The serial mouse is not directly supported by a dedicated driver, but
46it is accessible via the serial device driver or via
47.Xr moused 8
48and
49.Xr sysmouse 4 .
50.Pp
51The user program simply opens a mouse device with a
52.Xr open 2
53call and reads
54mouse data from the device via
55.Xr read 2 .
56Movement and button states are usually encoded in fixed-length data packets.
57Some mouse devices may send data in variable length of packets.
58Actual protocol (data format) used by each driver differs widely.
59.Pp
60The mouse drivers may have ``non-blocking'' attribute which will make
61the driver return immediately if mouse data is not available.
62.Pp
63Mouse device drivers often offer several levels of operation.
64The current operation level can be examined and changed via
65.Xr ioctl 2
66commands.
67The level zero is the lowest level at which the driver offers the basic
68service to user programs.
69Most drivers provide horizontal and vertical movement of the mouse
70and state of up to three buttons at this level.
71At the level one, if supported by the driver, mouse data is encoded
72in the standard format
73.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_SYSMOUSE
74as follows:
75.Pp
76.Bl -tag -width Byte_1 -compact
77.It Byte 1
78.Bl -tag -width bit_7 -compact
79.It bit 7
80Always one.
81.It bit 6..3
82Always zero.
83.It bit 2
84Left button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
85.It bit 1
86Middle button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
87Always one,
88if the device does not have the middle button.
89.It bit 0
90Right button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
91.El
92.It Byte 2
93The first half of horizontal movement count in two's complement;
94-128 through 127.
95.It Byte 3
96The first half of vertical movement count in two's complement;
97-128 through 127.
98.It Byte 4
99The second half of the horizontal movement count in two's complement;
100-128 through 127.
101To obtain the full horizontal movement count, add
102the byte 2 and 4.
103.It Byte 5
104The second half of the vertical movement count in two's complement;
105-128 through 127.
106To obtain the full vertical movement count, add
107the byte 3 and 5.
108.It Byte 6
109The bit 7 is always zero.
110The lower 7 bits encode the first half of
111Z axis movement count in two's complement; -64 through 63.
112.It Byte 7
113The bit 7 is always zero.
114The lower 7 bits encode the second half of
115the Z axis movement count in two's complement; -64 through 63.
116To obtain the full Z axis movement count, add the byte 6 and 7.
117.It Byte 8
118The bit 7 is always zero.
119The bits 0 through 6 reflect the state
120of the buttons 4 through 10.
121If a button is pressed, the corresponding bit is cleared.
122Otherwise
123the bit is set.
124.El
125.Pp
126The first 5 bytes of this format is compatible with the MouseSystems
127format.
128The additional 3 bytes have their MSBs always set to zero.
129Thus, if the user program can interpret the MouseSystems data format and
130tries to find the first byte of the format by detecting the bit pattern
13110000xxxb,
132it will discard the additional bytes, thus, be able to decode x, y
133and states of 3 buttons correctly.
134.Pp
135Device drivers may offer operation levels higher than one.
136Refer to manual pages of individual drivers for details.
137.Sh IOCTLS
138The following
139.Xr ioctl 2
140commands are defined for the mouse drivers.
141The degree of support
142varies from one driver to another.
143This section gives general
144description of the commands.
145Refer to manual pages of individual drivers for specific details.
146.Pp
147.Bl -tag -width MOUSE -compact
148.It Dv MOUSE_GETLEVEL Ar int *level
149.It Dv MOUSE_SETLEVEL Ar int *level
150These commands manipulate the operation level of the mouse driver.
151.Pp
152.It Dv MOUSE_GETHWINFO Ar mousehw_t *hw
153Returns the hardware information of the attached device in the following
154Except for the
155.Dv iftype
156field, the device driver may not always fill the structure with correct
157values.
158Consult manual pages of individual drivers for details of support.
159.Bd -literal
160typedef struct mousehw {
161    int buttons;    /* number of buttons */
162    int iftype;     /* I/F type */
163    int type;       /* mouse/track ball/pad... */
164    int model;      /* I/F dependent model ID */
165    int hwid;       /* I/F dependent hardware ID */
166} mousehw_t;
167.Ed
168.Pp
169The
170.Dv buttons
171field holds the number of buttons detected by the driver.
172The driver
173may put an arbitrary value, such as two, in this field, if it cannot
174determine the exact number.
175.Pp
176The
177.Dv iftype
178is the type of interface:
179.Dv MOUSE_IF_SERIAL ,
180.Dv MOUSE_IF_BUS ,
181.Dv MOUSE_IF_INPORT ,
182.Dv MOUSE_IF_PS2 ,
183.Dv MOUSE_IF_USB ,
184.Dv MOUSE_IF_SYSMOUSE
185or
186.Dv MOUSE_IF_UNKNOWN .
187.Pp
188The
189.Dv type
190tells the device type:
191.Dv MOUSE_MOUSE ,
192.Dv MOUSE_TRACKBALL ,
193.Dv MOUSE_STICK ,
194.Dv MOUSE_PAD ,
195or
196.Dv MOUSE_UNKNOWN .
197.Pp
198The
199.Dv model
200may be
201.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_GENERIC
202or one of
203.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_XXX
204constants.
205.Pp
206The
207.Dv hwid
208is the ID value returned by the pointing device.
209It
210depend on the interface type; refer to the manual page of
211specific mouse drivers for possible values.
212.Pp
213.It Dv MOUSE_GETMODE Ar mousemode_t *mode
214The command reports the current operation parameters of the mouse driver.
215.Bd -literal
216typedef struct mousemode {
217    int protocol;    /* MOUSE_PROTO_XXX */
218    int rate;        /* report rate (per sec) */
219    int resolution;  /* MOUSE_RES_XXX, -1 if unknown */
220    int accelfactor; /* acceleration factor */
221    int level;       /* driver operation level */
222    int packetsize;  /* the length of the data packet */
223    unsigned char syncmask[2]; /* sync. bits */
224} mousemode_t;
225.Ed
226.Pp
227The
228.Dv protocol
229field tells the format in which the device status is returned
230when the mouse data is read by the user program.
231It is one of
232.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_XXX
233constants.
234.Pp
235The
236.Dv rate
237field is the status report rate (reports/sec) at which the device will send
238movement reports to the host computer.
239-1 if unknown or not applicable.
240.Pp
241The
242.Dv resolution
243field holds a value specifying resolution of the pointing device.
244It is a positive value or one of
245.Dv MOUSE_RES_XXX
246constants.
247.Pp
248The
249.Dv accelfactor
250field holds a value to control acceleration feature.
251It must be zero or greater.
252If it is zero, acceleration is disabled.
253.Pp
254The
255.Dv packetsize
256field tells the length of the fixed-size data packet or the length
257of the fixed part of the variable-length packet.
258The size depends on the interface type, the device type and model, the
259protocol and the operation level of the driver.
260.Pp
261The array
262.Dv syncmask
263holds a bit mask and pattern to detect the first byte of the
264data packet.
265.Dv syncmask[0]
266is the bit mask to be ANDed with a byte.
267If the result is equal to
268.Dv syncmask[1] ,
269the byte is likely to be the first byte of the data packet.
270Note that this method of detecting the first byte is not 100% reliable,
271thus, should be taken only as an advisory measure.
272.Pp
273.It Dv MOUSE_SETMODE Ar mousemode_t *mode
274The command changes the current operation parameters of the mouse driver
275as specified in
276.Ar mode .
277Only
278.Dv rate ,
279.Dv resolution ,
280.Dv level
281and
282.Dv accelfactor
283may be modifiable.
284Setting values in the other field does not generate
285error and has no effect.
286.Pp
287If you do not want to change the current setting of a field, put -1
288there.
289You may also put zero in
290.Dv resolution
291and
292.Dv rate ,
293and the default value for the fields will be selected.
294.Pp
295.It Dv MOUSE_READDATA Ar mousedata_t *data
296The command reads the raw data from the device.
297.Bd -literal
298typedef struct mousedata {
299    int len;        /* # of data in the buffer */
300    int buf[16];    /* data buffer */
301} mousedata_t;
302.Ed
303.Pp
304The calling process must fill the
305.Dv len
306field with the number of bytes to be read into the buffer.
307This command may not be supported by all drivers.
308.Pp
309.It Dv MOUSE_READSTATE Ar mousedata_t *state
310The command reads the raw state data from the device.
311It uses the same structure as above.
312This command may not be supported by all drivers.
313.Pp
314.It Dv MOUSE_GETSTATUS Ar mousestatus_t *status
315The command returns the current state of buttons and
316movement counts in the following structure.
317.Bd -literal
318typedef struct mousestatus {
319    int flags;      /* state change flags */
320    int button;     /* button status */
321    int obutton;    /* previous button status */
322    int dx;         /* x movement */
323    int dy;         /* y movement */
324    int dz;         /* z movement */
325} mousestatus_t;
326.Ed
327.Pp
328The
329.Dv button
330and
331.Dv obutton
332fields hold the current and the previous state of the mouse buttons.
333When a button is pressed, the corresponding bit is set.
334The mouse drivers may support up to 31 buttons with the bit 0 through 31.
335Few button bits are defined as
336.Dv MOUSE_BUTTON1DOWN
337through
338.Dv MOUSE_BUTTON8DOWN .
339The first three buttons correspond to left, middle and right buttons.
340.Pp
341If the state of the button has changed since the last
342.Dv MOUSE_GETSTATUS
343call, the corresponding bit in the
344.Dv flags
345field will be set.
346If the mouse has moved since the last call, the
347.Dv MOUSE_POSCHANGED
348bit in the
349.Dv flags
350field will also be set.
351.Pp
352The other fields hold movement counts since the last
353.Dv MOUSE_GETSTATUS
354call.
355The internal counters will be reset after every call to this
356command.
357.El
358.Sh FILES
359.Bl -tag -width /dev/sysmouseXX -compact
360.It Pa /dev/cuau%d
361serial ports
362.It Pa /dev/psm%d
363PS/2 mouse device
364.It Pa /dev/sysmouse
365virtual mouse device
366.It Pa /dev/ums%d
367USB mouse device
368.El
369.Sh SEE ALSO
370.Xr ioctl 2 ,
371.Xr psm 4 ,
372.Xr sysmouse 4 ,
373.Xr ums 4 ,
374.Xr moused 8
375.\".Sh HISTORY
376.Sh AUTHORS
377This manual page was written by
378.An Kazutaka Yokota Aq Mt yokota@FreeBSD.org .
379