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29.Dd December 3, 1997
30.Dt MOUSE 4 i386
31.Os FreeBSD
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm mouse
34.Nd mouse and pointing device drivers
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Fd #include <machine/mouse.h>
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The mouse drivers
39.Xr mse 4 ,
40.Xr psm 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 and PS/2 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. Always one,
87if the device does not have the middle button.
88.It bit 0
89Right button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
90.El
91.It Byte 2
92The first half of horizontal movement count in two's compliment;
93-128 through 127.
94.It Byte 3
95The first half of vertical movement count in two's compliment;
96-128 through 127.
97.It Byte 4
98The second half of the horizontal movement count in two's compliment;
99-128 through 127. To obtain the full horizontal movement count, add
100the byte 2 and 4.
101.It Byte 5
102The second half of the vertical movement count in two's compliment;
103-128 through 127. To obtain the full vertical movement count, add
104the byte 3 and 5.
105.It Byte 6
106The bit 7 is always zero. The lower 7 bits encode the first half of
107Z axis movement count in two's compliment; -64 through 63.
108.It Byte 7
109The bit 7 is always zero. The lower 7 bits encode the second half of
110the Z axis movement count in two's compliment; -64 through 63.
111To obtain the full Z axis movement count, add the byte 6 and 7.
112.It Byte 8
113The bit 7 is always zero. The bits 0 through 6 reflect the state
114of the buttons 4 through 10.
115If a button is pressed, the corresponding bit is cleared. Otherwise
116the bit is set.
117.El
118.Pp
119The first 5 bytes of this format is compatible with the MouseSystems
120format. The additional 3 bytes have their MSBs always set to zero.
121Thus, if the user program can interpret the MouseSystems data format and
122tries to find the first byte of the format by detecting the bit pattern
12310000xxxb,
124it will discard the additional bytes, thus, be able to decode x, y
125and states of 3 buttons correctly.
126.Pp
127Device drivers may offer operation levels higher than one.
128Refer to manual pages of individual drivers for details.
129.Sh IOCTLS
130The following
131.Xr ioctl 2
132commands are defined for the mouse drivers. The degree of support
133varies from one driver to another. This section gives general
134description of the commands.
135Refer to manual pages of individual drivers for specific details.
136.Pp
137.Bl -tag -width MOUSE -compact
138.It Dv MOUSE_GETLEVEL Ar int *level
139.It Dv MOUSE_SETLEVEL Ar int *level
140These commands manipulate the operation level of the mouse driver.
141.Pp
142.It Dv MOUSE_GETHWINFO Ar mousehw_t *hw
143Returns the hardware information of the attached device in the following
144Except for the
145.Dv iftype
146field, the device driver may not always fill the structure with correct
147values.
148Consult manual pages of individual drivers for details of support.
149.Bd -literal
150typedef struct mousehw {
151    int buttons;    /* number of buttons */
152    int iftype;     /* I/F type */
153    int type;       /* mouse/track ball/pad... */
154    int model;      /* I/F dependent model ID */
155    int hwid;       /* I/F dependent hardware ID */
156} mousehw_t;
157.Ed
158.Pp
159The
160.Dv buttons
161field holds the number of buttons detected by the driver. The driver
162may put an arbitrary value, such as two, in this field, if it cannot
163determine the exact number.
164.Pp
165The
166.Dv iftype
167is the type of interface:
168.Dv MOUSE_IF_SERIAL ,
169.Dv MOUSE_IF_BUS ,
170.Dv MOUSE_IF_INPORT ,
171.Dv MOUSE_IF_PS2 ,
172.Dv MOUSE_IF_SYSMOUSE
173or
174.Dv MOUSE_IF_UNKNOWN .
175.Pp
176The
177.Dv type
178tells the device type:
179.Dv MOUSE_MOUSE ,
180.Dv MOUSE_TRACKBALL ,
181.Dv MOUSE_STICK ,
182.Dv MOUSE_PAD ,
183or
184.Dv MOUSE_UNKNOWN .
185.Pp
186The
187.Dv model
188may be
189.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_GENERIC
190or one of
191.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_XXX
192constants.
193.Pp
194The
195.Dv hwid
196is the ID value returned by the pointing device. It
197depend on the interface type; refer to the manual page of
198specific mouse drivers for possible values.
199.Pp
200.It Dv MOUSE_GETMODE Ar mousemode_t *mode
201The command reports the current operation parameters of the mouse driver.
202.Bd -literal
203typedef struct mousemode {
204    int protocol;    /* MOUSE_PROTO_XXX */
205    int rate;        /* report rate (per sec) */
206    int resolution;  /* MOUSE_RES_XXX, -1 if unknown */
207    int accelfactor; /* acceleration factor */
208    int level;       /* driver operation level */
209    int packetsize;  /* the length of the data packet */
210    unsigned char syncmask[2]; /* sync. bits */
211} mousemode_t;
212.Ed
213.Pp
214The
215.Dv protocol
216field tells the format in which the device status is returned
217when the mouse data is read by the user program.
218It is one of
219.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_XXX
220constants.
221.Pp
222The
223.Dv rate
224field is the status report rate (reports/sec) at which the device will send
225movement reports to the host computer. -1 if unknown or not applicable.
226.Pp
227The
228.Dv resolution
229field holds a value specifying resolution of the pointing device.
230It is a positive value or one of
231.Dv MOUSE_RES_XXX
232constants.
233.Pp
234The
235.Dv accelfactor
236field holds a value to control acceleration feature.
237It must be zero or greater.
238If it is zero, acceleration is disabled.
239.Pp
240The
241.Dv packetsize
242field tells the length of the fixed-size data packet or the length
243of the fixed part of the variable-length packet.
244The size depends on the interface type, the device type and model, the
245protocol and the operation level of the driver.
246.Pp
247The array
248.Dv syncmask
249holds a bit mask and pattern to detect the first byte of the
250data packet.
251.Dv syncmask[0]
252is the bit mask to be ANDed with a byte. If the result is equal to
253.Dv syncmask[1] ,
254the byte is likely to be the first byte of the data packet.
255Note that this method of detecting the first byte is not 100% reliable,
256thus, should be taken only as an advisory measure.
257.Pp
258.It Dv MOUSE_SETMODE Ar mousemode_t *mode
259The command changes the current operation parameters of the mouse driver
260as specified in
261.Ar mode .
262Only
263.Dv rate ,
264.Dv resolution ,
265.Dv level
266and
267.Dv accelfactor
268may be modifiable. Setting values in the other field does not generate
269error and has no effect.
270.Pp
271If you do not want to change the current setting of a field, put -1
272there.
273You may also put zero in
274.Dv resolution
275and
276.Dv rate ,
277and the default value for the fields will be selected.
278.\" .Pp
279.\" .It Dv MOUSE_GETVARS Ar mousevar_t *vars
280.\" Get internal variables of the mouse driver.
281.\" The variables which can be manipulated through these commands
282.\" are specific to each driver.
283.\" This command may not be supported by all drivers.
284.\" .Bd -literal
285.\" typedef struct mousevar {
286.\"     int var[16];    /* internal variables */
287.\" } mousevar_t;
288.\" .Ed
289.\" .Pp
290.\" If the commands are supported, the first element of the array is
291.\" filled with a signature value.
292.\" Apart from the signature data, there is currently no standard concerning
293.\" the other elements of the buffer.
294.\" .Pp
295.\" .It Dv MOUSE_SETVARS Ar mousevar_t *vars
296.\" Get internal variables of the mouse driver.
297.\" The first element of the array must be a signature value.
298.\" This command may not be supported by all drivers.
299.Pp
300.It Dv MOUSE_READDATA Ar mousedata_t *data
301The command reads the raw data from the device.
302.Bd -literal
303typedef struct mousedata {
304    int len;        /* # of data in the buffer */
305    int buf[16];    /* data buffer */
306} mousedata_t;
307.Ed
308.Pp
309The calling process must fill the
310.Dv len
311field with the number of bytes to be read into the buffer.
312This command may not be supported by all drivers.
313.Pp
314.It Dv MOUSE_READSTATE Ar mousedata_t *state
315The command reads the raw state data from the device.
316It uses the same structure as above.
317This command may not be supported by all drivers.
318.Pp
319.It Dv MOUSE_GETSTATE Ar mousestatus_t *status
320The command returns the current state of buttons and
321movement counts in the following structure.
322.Bd -literal
323typedef struct mousestatus {
324    int flags;      /* state change flags */
325    int button;     /* button status */
326    int obutton;    /* previous button status */
327    int dx;         /* x movement */
328    int dy;         /* y movement */
329    int dz;         /* z movement */
330} mousestatus_t;
331.Ed
332.Pp
333The
334.Dv button
335and
336.Dv obutton
337fields hold the current and the previous state of the mouse buttons.
338When a button is pressed, the corresponding bit is set.
339The mouse drivers may support up to 31 buttons with the bit 0 through 31.
340Few button bits are defined as
341.Dv MOUSE_BUTTON1DOWN
342through
343.Dv MOUSE_BUTTON8DOWN .
344The first three buttons correspond to left, middle and right buttons.
345.Pp
346If the state of the button has changed since the last
347.Dv MOUSE_GETSTATE
348call, the corresponding bit in the
349.Dv flags
350field will be set.
351If the mouse has moved since the last call, the
352.Dv MOUSE_POSCHANGED
353bit in the
354.Dv flags
355field will also be set.
356.Pp
357The other fields hold movement counts since the last
358.Dv MOUSE_GETSTATE
359call. The internal counters will be reset after every call to this
360command.
361.El
362.Sh FILES
363.Bl -tag -width /dev/sysmouseXX -compact
364.It Pa /dev/cuaa%d
365serial ports
366.It Pa /dev/mse%d
367bus and InPort mouse device
368.It Pa /dev/psm%d
369PS/2 mouse device
370.It Pa /dev/sysmouse
371virtual mouse device
372.El
373.Sh SEE ALSO
374.Xr ioctl 2 ,
375.Xr mse 4 ,
376.Xr psm 4 ,
377.Xr sysmouse 4 ,
378.Xr moused 8
379.\".Sh HISTORY
380.Sh AUTHORS
381This manual page was written by
382.An Kazutaka Yokota Aq yokota@FreeBSD.org .
383