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29.Dd September 29, 2004
30.Dt PSM 4
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm psm
34.Nd PS/2 mouse style pointing device driver
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Cd "options KBD_RESETDELAY=N"
37.Cd "options KBD_MAXWAIT=N"
38.Cd "options PSM_DEBUG=N"
39.Cd "options KBDIO_DEBUG=N"
40.Cd "device psm"
41.Pp
42In
43.Pa /boot/device.hints :
44.Cd hint.psm.0.at="atkbdc"
45.Cd hint.psm.0.irq="12"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49driver provides support for the PS/2 mouse style pointing device.
50Currently there can be only one
51.Nm
52device node in the system.
53As the PS/2 mouse port is located
54at the auxiliary port of the keyboard controller,
55the keyboard controller driver,
56.Nm atkbdc ,
57must also be configured in the kernel.
58Note that there is currently no provision of changing the
59.Em irq
60number.
61.Pp
62Basic PS/2 style pointing device has two or three buttons.
63Some devices may have a roller or a wheel and/or additional buttons.
64.Ss Device Resolution
65The PS/2 style pointing device usually has several grades of resolution,
66that is, sensitivity of movement.
67They are typically 25, 50, 100 and 200
68pulse per inch.
69Some devices may have finer resolution.
70The current resolution can be changed at runtime.
71The
72.Nm
73driver allows the user to initially set the resolution
74via the driver flag
75(see
76.Sx "DRIVER CONFIGURATION" )
77or change it later via the
78.Xr ioctl 2
79command
80.Dv MOUSE_SETMODE
81(see
82.Sx IOCTLS ) .
83.Ss Report Rate
84Frequency, or report rate, at which the device sends movement
85and button state reports to the host system is also configurable.
86The PS/2 style pointing device typically supports 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100
87and 200 reports per second.
8860 or 100 appears to be the default value for many devices.
89Note that when there is no movement and no button has changed its state,
90the device will not send anything to the host system.
91The report rate can be changed via an ioctl call.
92.Ss Operation Levels
93The
94.Nm
95driver has three levels of operation.
96The current operation level can be set via an ioctl call.
97.Pp
98At the level zero the basic support is provided; the device driver will report
99horizontal and vertical movement of the attached device
100and state of up to three buttons.
101The movement and status are encoded in a series of fixed-length data packets
102(see
103.Sx "Data Packet Format" ) .
104This is the default level of operation and the driver is initially
105at this level when opened by the user program.
106.Pp
107The operation level one, the `extended' level, supports a roller (or wheel),
108if any, and up to 11 buttons.
109The movement of the roller is reported as movement along the Z axis.
1108 byte data packets are sent to the user program at this level.
111.Pp
112At the operation level two, data from the pointing device is passed to the
113user program as is.
114Modern PS/2 type pointing devices often use proprietary data format.
115Therefore, the user program is expected to have
116intimate knowledge about the format from a particular device when operating
117the driver at this level.
118This level is called `native' level.
119.Ss Data Packet Format
120Data packets read from the
121.Nm
122driver are formatted differently at each operation level.
123.Pp
124A data packet from the PS/2 mouse style pointing device
125is three bytes long at the operation level zero:
126.Pp
127.Bl -tag -width Byte_1 -compact
128.It Byte 1
129.Bl -tag -width bit_7 -compact
130.It bit 7
131One indicates overflow in the vertical movement count.
132.It bit 6
133One indicates overflow in the horizontal movement count.
134.It bit 5
135Set if the vertical movement count is negative.
136.It bit 4
137Set if the horizontal movement count is negative.
138.It bit 3
139Always one.
140.\" The ALPS GlidePoint clears this bit when the user `taps' the surface of
141.\" the pad, otherwise the bit is set.
142.\" Most, if not all, other devices always set this bit.
143.It bit 2
144Middle button status; set if pressed.
145For devices without the middle
146button, this bit is always zero.
147.It bit 1
148Right button status; set if pressed.
149.It bit 0
150Left button status; set if pressed.
151.El
152.It Byte 2
153Horizontal movement count in two's complement;
154-256 through 255.
155Note that the sign bit is in the first byte.
156.It Byte 3
157Vertical movement count in two's complement;
158-256 through 255.
159Note that the sign bit is in the first byte.
160.El
161.Pp
162At the level one, a data packet is encoded
163in the standard format
164.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_SYSMOUSE
165as defined in
166.Xr mouse 4 .
167.Pp
168At the level two, native level, there is no standard on the size and format
169of the data packet.
170.Ss Acceleration
171The
172.Nm
173driver can somewhat `accelerate' the movement of the pointing device.
174The faster you move the device, the further the pointer
175travels on the screen.
176The driver has an internal variable which governs the effect of
177the acceleration.
178Its value can be modified via the driver flag
179or via an ioctl call.
180.Ss Device Number
181The minor device number of the
182.Nm
183is made up of:
184.Bd -literal -offset indent
185minor = (`unit' << 1) | `non-blocking'
186.Ed
187.Pp
188where `unit' is the device number (usually 0) and the `non-blocking' bit
189is set to indicate ``do not block waiting for mouse input,
190return immediately''.
191The `non-blocking' bit should be set for \fIXFree86\fP,
192therefore the minor device number usually used for \fIXFree86\fP is 1.
193See
194.Sx FILES
195for device node names.
196.Sh DRIVER CONFIGURATION
197.Ss Kernel Configuration Options
198There are following kernel configuration options to control the
199.Nm
200driver.
201They may be set in the kernel configuration file
202(see
203.Xr config 8 ) .
204.Bl -tag -width MOUSE
205.It Em KBD_RESETDELAY=X , KBD_MAXWAIT=Y
206The
207.Nm
208driver will attempt to reset the pointing device during the boot process.
209It sometimes takes a long while before the device will respond after
210reset.
211These options control how long the driver should wait before
212it eventually gives up waiting.
213The driver will wait
214.Fa X
215*
216.Fa Y
217msecs at most.
218If the driver seems unable to detect your pointing
219device, you may want to increase these values.
220The default values are
221200 msec for
222.Fa X
223and 5
224for
225.Fa Y .
226.It Em PSM_DEBUG=N , KBDIO_DEBUG=N
227Sets the debug level to
228.Fa N .
229The default debug level is zero.
230See
231.Sx DIAGNOSTICS
232for debug logging.
233.El
234.Ss Driver Flags
235The
236.Nm
237driver accepts the following driver flags.
238Set them in
239.Pa /boot/device.hints
240(see
241.Sx EXAMPLES
242below).
243.Pp
244.Bl -tag -width MOUSE
245.It bit 0..3 RESOLUTION
246This flag specifies the resolution of the pointing device.
247It must be zero through four.
248The greater the value
249is, the finer resolution the device will select.
250Actual resolution selected by this field varies according to the model
251of the device.
252Typical resolutions are:
253.Pp
254.Bl -tag -width 0_(medium_high)__ -compact
255.It Em 1 (low)
25625 pulse per inch (ppi)
257.It Em 2 (medium low)
25850 ppi
259.It Em 3 (medium high)
260100 ppi
261.It Em 4 (high)
262200 ppi
263.El
264.Pp
265Leaving this flag zero will selects the default resolution for the
266device (whatever it is).
267.It bit 4..7 ACCELERATION
268This flag controls the amount of acceleration effect.
269The smaller the value of this flag is, more sensitive the movement becomes.
270The minimum value allowed, thus the value for the most sensitive setting,
271is one.
272Setting this flag to zero will completely disables the
273acceleration effect.
274.It bit 8 NOCHECKSYNC
275The
276.Nm
277driver tries to detect the first byte of the data packet by checking
278the bit pattern of that byte.
279Although this method should work with most
280PS/2 pointing devices, it may interfere with some devices which are not
281so compatible with known devices.
282If you think your pointing device is not functioning as expected,
283and the kernel frequently prints the following message to the console,
284.Bd -literal -offset indent
285psmintr: out of sync (xxxx != yyyy).
286.Ed
287.Pp
288set this flag to disable synchronization check and see if it helps.
289.It bit 9 NOIDPROBE
290The
291.Nm
292driver will not try to identify the model of the pointing device and
293will not carry out model-specific initialization.
294The device should always act like a standard PS/2 mouse without such
295initialization.
296Extra features, such as wheels and additional buttons, will not be
297recognized by the
298.Nm
299driver.
300.It bit 10 NORESET
301When this flag is set, the
302.Nm
303driver will not reset the pointing device when initializing the device.
304If the
305.Fx
306kernel
307is started after another OS has run, the pointing device will inherit
308settings from the previous OS.
309However, because there is no way for the
310.Nm
311driver to know the settings, the device and the driver may not
312work correctly.
313The flag should never be necessary under normal circumstances.
314.It bit 11 FORCETAP
315Some pad devices report as if the fourth button is pressed
316when the user `taps' the surface of the device (see
317.Sx CAVEATS ) .
318This flag will make the
319.Nm
320driver assume that the device behaves this way.
321Without the flag, the driver will assume this behavior
322for ALPS GlidePoint models only.
323.It bit 12 IGNOREPORTERROR
324This flag makes
325.Nm
326driver ignore certain error conditions when probing the PS/2 mouse port.
327It should never be necessary under normal circumstances.
328.It bit 13 HOOKRESUME
329The built-in PS/2 pointing device of some laptop computers is somehow
330not operable immediately after the system `resumes' from
331the power saving mode,
332though it will eventually become available.
333There are reports that
334stimulating the device by performing I/O will help
335waking up the device quickly.
336This flag will enable a piece of code in the
337.Nm
338driver to hook
339the `resume' event and exercise some harmless I/O operations on the
340device.
341.It bit 14 INITAFTERSUSPEND
342This flag adds more drastic action for the above problem.
343It will cause the
344.Nm
345driver to reset and re-initialize the pointing device
346after the `resume' event.
347It has no effect unless the
348.Em HOOKRESUME
349flag is set as well.
350.El
351.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
352Extended support for Synaptics touchpads can be enabled by setting
353.Va hw.psm.synaptics_support
354to
355.Em 1
356at boot-time.
357This will enable
358.Nm
359to handle packets from guest devices (sticks) and extra buttons.
360.Sh IOCTLS
361There are a few
362.Xr ioctl 2
363commands for mouse drivers.
364These commands and related structures and constants are defined in
365.In sys/mouse.h .
366General description of the commands is given in
367.Xr mouse 4 .
368This section explains the features specific to the
369.Nm
370driver.
371.Pp
372.Bl -tag -width MOUSE -compact
373.It Dv MOUSE_GETLEVEL Ar int *level
374.It Dv MOUSE_SETLEVEL Ar int *level
375These commands manipulate the operation level of the
376.Nm
377driver.
378.Pp
379.It Dv MOUSE_GETHWINFO Ar mousehw_t *hw
380Returns the hardware information of the attached device in the following
381structure.
382.Bd -literal
383typedef struct mousehw {
384    int buttons;    /* number of buttons */
385    int iftype;     /* I/F type */
386    int type;       /* mouse/track ball/pad... */
387    int model;      /* I/F dependent model ID */
388    int hwid;       /* I/F dependent hardware ID */
389} mousehw_t;
390.Ed
391.Pp
392The
393.Dv buttons
394field holds the number of buttons on the device.
395The
396.Nm
397driver currently can detect the 3 button mouse from Logitech and report
398accordingly.
399The 3 button mouse from the other manufacturer may or may not be
400reported correctly.
401However, it will not affect the operation of
402the driver.
403.Pp
404The
405.Dv iftype
406is always
407.Dv MOUSE_IF_PS2 .
408.Pp
409The
410.Dv type
411tells the device type:
412.Dv MOUSE_MOUSE ,
413.Dv MOUSE_TRACKBALL ,
414.Dv MOUSE_STICK ,
415.Dv MOUSE_PAD ,
416or
417.Dv MOUSE_UNKNOWN .
418The user should not heavily rely on this field, as the
419driver may not always, in fact it is very rarely able to, identify
420the device type.
421.Pp
422The
423.Dv model
424is always
425.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_GENERIC
426at the operation level 0.
427It may be
428.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_GENERIC
429or one of
430.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_XXX
431constants at higher operation levels.
432Again the
433.Nm
434driver may or may not set an appropriate value in this field.
435.Pp
436The
437.Dv hwid
438is the ID value returned by the device.
439Known IDs include:
440.Pp
441.Bl -tag -width 0__ -compact
442.It Em 0
443Mouse (Microsoft, Logitech and many other manufacturers)
444.It Em 2
445Microsoft Ballpoint mouse
446.It Em 3
447Microsoft IntelliMouse
448.El
449.Pp
450.It Dv MOUSE_SYN_GETHWINFO Ar synapticshw_t *synhw
451Retrieves extra information associated with Synaptics Touchpads.
452Only available when
453.Va hw.psm.synaptics_support
454has been enabled.
455.Bd -literal
456typedef struct synapticshw {
457    int infoMajor;	/* major hardware revision */
458    int infoMinor;	/* minor hardware revision */
459    int infoRot180;	/* touchpad is rotated */
460    int infoPortrait;	/* touchpad is a portrait */
461    int infoSensor;	/* sensor model */
462    int infoHardware;	/* hardware model */
463    int infoNewAbs;	/* supports the newabs format */
464    int capPen;		/* can detect a pen */
465    int infoSimpleC;	/* supports simple commands */
466    int infoGeometry;	/* touchpad dimensions */
467    int capExtended;	/* supports extended packets */
468    int capSleep;	/* can be suspended/resumed */
469    int capFourButtons;	/* has four buttons */
470    int capMultiFinger;	/* can detect multiple fingers */
471    int capPalmDetect;	/* can detect a palm */
472    int capPassthrough;	/* can passthrough guest packets */
473} synapticshw_t;
474.Ed
475.Pp
476See the
477.Em Synaptics TouchPad Interfacing Guide
478for more information about the fields in this structure.
479.Pp
480.It Dv MOUSE_GETMODE Ar mousemode_t *mode
481The command gets the current operation parameters of the mouse
482driver.
483.Bd -literal
484typedef struct mousemode {
485    int protocol;    /* MOUSE_PROTO_XXX */
486    int rate;        /* report rate (per sec), -1 if unknown */
487    int resolution;  /* MOUSE_RES_XXX, -1 if unknown */
488    int accelfactor; /* acceleration factor */
489    int level;       /* driver operation level */
490    int packetsize;  /* the length of the data packet */
491    unsigned char syncmask[2]; /* sync. bits */
492} mousemode_t;
493.Ed
494.Pp
495The
496.Dv protocol
497is
498.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_PS2
499at the operation level zero and two.
500.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_SYSMOUSE
501at the operation level one.
502.Pp
503The
504.Dv rate
505is the status report rate (reports/sec) at which the device will send
506movement report to the host computer.
507Typical supported values are 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 and 200.
508Some mice may accept other arbitrary values too.
509.Pp
510The
511.Dv resolution
512of the pointing device must be one of
513.Dv MOUSE_RES_XXX
514constants or a positive value.
515The greater the value
516is, the finer resolution the mouse will select.
517Actual resolution selected by the
518.Dv MOUSE_RES_XXX
519constant varies according to the model of mouse.
520Typical resolutions are:
521.Pp
522.Bl -tag -width MOUSE_RES_MEDIUMHIGH__ -compact
523.It Dv MOUSE_RES_LOW
52425 ppi
525.It Dv MOUSE_RES_MEDIUMLOW
52650 ppi
527.It Dv MOUSE_RES_MEDIUMHIGH
528100 ppi
529.It Dv MOUSE_RES_HIGH
530200 ppi
531.El
532.Pp
533The
534.Dv accelfactor
535field holds a value to control acceleration feature
536(see
537.Sx Acceleration ) .
538It must be zero or greater.
539If it is zero, acceleration is disabled.
540.Pp
541The
542.Dv packetsize
543field specifies the length of the data packet.
544It depends on the
545operation level and the model of the pointing device.
546.Pp
547.Bl -tag -width level_0__ -compact
548.It Em level 0
5493 bytes
550.It Em level 1
5518 bytes
552.It Em level 2
553Depends on the model of the device
554.El
555.Pp
556The array
557.Dv syncmask
558holds a bit mask and pattern to detect the first byte of the
559data packet.
560.Dv syncmask[0]
561is the bit mask to be ANDed with a byte.
562If the result is equal to
563.Dv syncmask[1] ,
564the byte is likely to be the first byte of the data packet.
565Note that this detection method is not 100% reliable,
566thus, should be taken only as an advisory measure.
567.Pp
568.It Dv MOUSE_SETMODE Ar mousemode_t *mode
569The command changes the current operation parameters of the mouse driver
570as specified in
571.Ar mode .
572Only
573.Dv rate ,
574.Dv resolution ,
575.Dv level
576and
577.Dv accelfactor
578may be modifiable.
579Setting values in the other field does not generate
580error and has no effect.
581.Pp
582If you do not want to change the current setting of a field, put -1
583there.
584You may also put zero in
585.Dv resolution
586and
587.Dv rate ,
588and the default value for the fields will be selected.
589.\" .Pp
590.\" .It Dv MOUSE_GETVARS Ar mousevar_t *vars
591.\" .It Dv MOUSE_SETVARS Ar mousevar_t *vars
592.\" These commands are not supported by the
593.\" .Nm
594.\" driver.
595.Pp
596.It Dv MOUSE_READDATA Ar mousedata_t *data
597.\" The command reads the raw data from the device.
598.\" .Bd -literal
599.\" typedef struct mousedata {
600.\"     int len;        /* # of data in the buffer */
601.\"     int buf[16];    /* data buffer */
602.\" } mousedata_t;
603.\" .Ed
604.\" .Pp
605.\" Upon returning to the user program, the driver will place the number
606.\" of valid data bytes in the buffer in the
607.\" .Dv len
608.\" field.
609.\" .Pp
610.It Dv MOUSE_READSTATE Ar mousedata_t *state
611.\" The command reads the hardware settings from the device.
612.\" Upon returning to the user program, the driver will place the number
613.\" of valid data bytes in the buffer in the
614.\" .Dv len
615.\" field. It is usually 3 bytes.
616.\" The buffer is formatted as follows:
617.\" .Pp
618.\" .Bl -tag -width Byte_1 -compact
619.\" .It Byte 1
620.\" .Bl -tag -width bit_6 -compact
621.\" .It bit 7
622.\" Reserved.
623.\" .It bit 6
624.\" 0 - stream mode, 1 - remote mode.
625.\" In the stream mode, the pointing device sends the device status
626.\" whenever its state changes. In the remote mode, the host computer
627.\" must request the status to be sent.
628.\" The
629.\" .Nm
630.\" driver puts the device in the stream mode.
631.\" .It bit 5
632.\" Set if the pointing device is currently enabled. Otherwise zero.
633.\" .It bit 4
634.\" 0 - 1:1 scaling, 1 - 2:1 scaling.
635.\" 1:1 scaling is the default.
636.\" .It bit 3
637.\" Reserved.
638.\" .It bit 2
639.\" Left button status; set if pressed.
640.\" .It bit 1
641.\" Middle button status; set if pressed.
642.\" .It bit 0
643.\" Right button status; set if pressed.
644.\" .El
645.\" .It Byte 2
646.\" .Bl -tag -width bit_6_0 -compact
647.\" .It bit 7
648.\" Reserved.
649.\" .It bit 6..0
650.\" Resolution code: zero through three. Actual resolution for
651.\" the resolution code varies from one device to another.
652.\" .El
653.\" .It Byte 3
654.\" The status report rate (reports/sec) at which the device will send
655.\" movement report to the host computer.
656.\" .El
657These commands are not currently supported by the
658.Nm
659driver.
660.Pp
661.It Dv MOUSE_GETSTATUS Ar mousestatus_t *status
662The command returns the current state of buttons and
663movement counts as described in
664.Xr mouse 4 .
665.El
666.Sh FILES
667.Bl -tag -width /dev/npsm0 -compact
668.It Pa /dev/psm0
669`non-blocking' device node
670.It Pa /dev/bpsm0
671`blocking' device node under
672.Em devfs .
673.El
674.Sh EXAMPLES
675In order to install the
676.Nm
677driver, you need to add
678.Pp
679.Dl "device atkbdc"
680.Dl "device psm"
681.Pp
682to your kernel configuration file, and put the following lines to
683.Pa /boot/device.hints .
684.Pp
685.Dl hint.atkbdc.0.at="isa"
686.Dl hint.atkbdc.0.port="0x060"
687.Dl hint.psm.0.at="atkbdc"
688.Dl hint.psm.0.irq="12"
689.Pp
690If you add the following statement to
691.Pa /boot/device.hints ,
692.Pp
693.Dl hint.psm.0.flags="0x2000"
694.Pp
695you will add the optional code to stimulate the pointing device
696after the `resume' event.
697.Pp
698.Dl hint.psm.0.flags="0x24"
699.Pp
700The above line will set the device resolution high (4)
701and the acceleration factor to 2.
702.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
703At debug level 0, little information is logged except for the following
704line during boot process:
705.Bd -literal -offset indent
706psm0: device ID X
707.Ed
708.Pp
709where
710.Fa X
711the device ID code returned by the found pointing device.
712See
713.Dv MOUSE_GETINFO
714for known IDs.
715.Pp
716At debug level 1 more information will be logged
717while the driver probes the auxiliary port (mouse port).
718Messages are logged with the LOG_KERN facility at the LOG_DEBUG level
719(see
720.Xr syslogd 8 ) .
721.Bd -literal -offset indent
722psm0: current command byte:xxxx
723kbdio: TEST_AUX_PORT status:0000
724kbdio: RESET_AUX return code:00fa
725kbdio: RESET_AUX status:00aa
726kbdio: RESET_AUX ID:0000
727[...]
728psm: status 00 02 64
729psm0 irq 12 on isa
730psm0: model AAAA, device ID X, N buttons
731psm0: config:00000www, flags:0000uuuu, packet size:M
732psm0: syncmask:xx, syncbits:yy
733.Ed
734.Pp
735The first line shows the command byte value of the keyboard
736controller just before the auxiliary port is probed.
737It usually is 4D, 45, 47 or 65, depending on how the motherboard BIOS
738initialized the keyboard controller upon power-up.
739.Pp
740The second line shows the result of the keyboard controller's
741test on the auxiliary port interface, with zero indicating
742no error; note that some controllers report no error even if
743the port does not exist in the system, however.
744.Pp
745The third through fifth lines show the reset status of the pointing device.
746The functioning device should return the sequence of FA AA <ID>.
747The ID code is described above.
748.Pp
749The seventh line shows the current hardware settings.
750.\" See
751.\" .Dv MOUSE_READSTATE
752.\" for definitions.
753These bytes are formatted as follows:
754.Pp
755.Bl -tag -width Byte_1 -compact
756.It Byte 1
757.Bl -tag -width bit_6 -compact
758.It bit 7
759Reserved.
760.It bit 6
7610 - stream mode, 1 - remote mode.
762In the stream mode, the pointing device sends the device status
763whenever its state changes.
764In the remote mode, the host computer
765must request the status to be sent.
766The
767.Nm
768driver puts the device in the stream mode.
769.It bit 5
770Set if the pointing device is currently enabled.
771Otherwise zero.
772.It bit 4
7730 - 1:1 scaling, 1 - 2:1 scaling.
7741:1 scaling is the default.
775.It bit 3
776Reserved.
777.It bit 2
778Left button status; set if pressed.
779.It bit 1
780Middle button status; set if pressed.
781.It bit 0
782Right button status; set if pressed.
783.El
784.It Byte 2
785.Bl -tag -width bit_6_0 -compact
786.It bit 7
787Reserved.
788.It bit 6..0
789Resolution code: zero through three.
790Actual resolution for
791the resolution code varies from one device to another.
792.El
793.It Byte 3
794The status report rate (reports/sec) at which the device will send
795movement report to the host computer.
796.El
797.Pp
798Note that the pointing device will not be enabled until the
799.Nm
800driver is opened by the user program.
801.Pp
802The rest of the lines show the device ID code, the number of detected
803buttons and internal variables.
804.Pp
805At debug level 2, much more detailed information is logged.
806.Sh CAVEATS
807Many pad devices behave as if the first (left) button were pressed if
808the user `taps' the surface of the pad.
809In contrast, some pad products, e.g.\& some versions of ALPS GlidePoint
810and Interlink VersaPad, treat the tapping action
811as fourth button events.
812.Pp
813It is reported that Interlink VersaPad requires both
814.Em HOOKRESUME
815and
816.Em INITAFTERSUSPEND
817flags in order to recover from suspended state.
818These flags are automatically set when VersaPad is detected by the
819.Nm
820driver.
821.Pp
822Some PS/2 mouse models from MouseSystems require to be put in the
823high resolution mode to work properly.
824Use the driver flag to
825set resolution.
826.Pp
827There is not a guaranteed way to re-synchronize with the first byte
828of the packet once we are out of synchronization with the data
829stream.
830However, if you are using the \fIXFree86\fP server and experiencing
831the problem, you may be able to make the X server synchronize with the mouse
832by switching away to a virtual terminal and getting back to the X server,
833unless the X server is accessing the mouse via
834.Xr moused 8 .
835Clicking any button without moving the mouse may also work.
836.Sh SEE ALSO
837.Xr ioctl 2 ,
838.Xr syslog 3 ,
839.Xr atkbdc 4 ,
840.Xr mouse 4 ,
841.Xr mse 4 ,
842.Xr sysmouse 4 ,
843.Xr moused 8 ,
844.Xr syslogd 8
845.Rs
846.%T Synaptics TouchPad Interfacing Guide
847.%O http://www.synaptics.com/
848.Re
849.\".Sh HISTORY
850.Sh AUTHORS
851.An -nosplit
852The
853.Nm
854driver is based on the work done by quite a number of people, including
855.An Eric Forsberg ,
856.An Sandi Donno ,
857.An Rick Macklem ,
858.An Andrew Herbert ,
859.An Charles Hannum ,
860.An Shoji Yuen
861and
862.An Kazutaka Yokota
863to name the few.
864.Pp
865This manual page was written by
866.An Kazutaka Yokota Aq yokota@FreeBSD.org .
867.Sh BUGS
868The ioctl command
869.Dv MOUSEIOCREAD
870has been removed.
871It was never functional anyway.
872.Pp
873Enabling the extended support for Synaptics touchpads has been reported to
874cause problems with responsivity on some (newer) models of Synaptics
875hardware, particularly those with guest devices.
876