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24.Dd March 25, 2014
25.Dt SYSMOUSE 4
26.Os
27.Sh NAME
28.Nm sysmouse
29.\" .Nd supplies mouse data from syscons for other applications
30.Nd virtualized mouse driver
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.In sys/mouse.h
33.In sys/consio.h
34.Sh DESCRIPTION
35The console driver, in conjunction with the mouse daemon
36.Xr moused 8 ,
37supplies mouse data to the user process in the standardized way via the
38.Nm
39driver.
40This arrangement makes it possible for the console and the user process
41(such as the
42.Tn X\ Window System )
43to share the mouse.
44.Pp
45The user process which wants to utilize mouse operation simply opens
46.Pa /dev/sysmouse
47with a
48.Xr open 2
49call and reads
50mouse data from the device via
51.Xr read 2 .
52Make sure that
53.Xr moused 8
54is running, otherwise the user process will not see any data coming from
55the mouse.
56.Ss Operation Levels
57The
58.Nm
59driver has two levels of operation.
60The current operation level can be referred to and changed via ioctl calls.
61.Pp
62The level zero, the basic level, is the lowest level at which the driver
63offers the basic service to user programs.
64The
65.Nm
66driver
67provides horizontal and vertical movement of the mouse
68and state of up to three buttons in the
69.Tn MouseSystems
70format as follows.
71.Pp
72.Bl -tag -width Byte_1 -compact
73.It Byte 1
74.Bl -tag -width bit_7 -compact
75.It bit 7
76Always one.
77.It bit 6..3
78Always zero.
79.It bit 2
80Left button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
81.It bit 1
82Middle button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
83Always one,
84if the device does not have the middle button.
85.It bit 0
86Right button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
87.El
88.It Byte 2
89The first half of horizontal movement count in two's complement;
90\-128 through 127.
91.It Byte 3
92The first half of vertical movement count in two's complement;
93\-128 through 127.
94.It Byte 4
95The second half of the horizontal movement count in two's complement;
96\-128 through 127.
97To obtain the full horizontal movement count, add
98the byte 2 and 4.
99.It Byte 5
100The second half of the vertical movement count in two's complement;
101\-128 through 127.
102To obtain the full vertical movement count, add
103the byte 3 and 5.
104.El
105.Pp
106At the level one, the extended level, mouse data is encoded
107in the standard format
108.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_SYSMOUSE
109as defined in
110.Xr mouse 4 .
111.\" .Ss Acceleration
112.\" The
113.\" .Nm
114.\" driver can somewhat `accelerate' the movement of the pointing device.
115.\" The faster you move the device, the further the pointer
116.\" travels on the screen.
117.\" The driver has an internal variable which governs the effect of
118.\" the acceleration. Its value can be modified via the driver flag
119.\" or via an ioctl call.
120.Sh IOCTLS
121This section describes two classes of
122.Xr ioctl 2
123commands:
124commands for the
125.Nm
126driver itself, and commands for the console and the console control drivers.
127.Ss Sysmouse Ioctls
128There are a few commands for mouse drivers.
129General description of the commands is given in
130.Xr mouse 4 .
131Following are the features specific to the
132.Nm
133driver.
134.Pp
135.Bl -tag -width MOUSE -compact
136.It Dv MOUSE_GETLEVEL Ar int *level
137.It Dv MOUSE_SETLEVEL Ar int *level
138These commands manipulate the operation level of the mouse driver.
139.Pp
140.It Dv MOUSE_GETHWINFO Ar mousehw_t *hw
141Returns the hardware information of the attached device in the following
142structure.
143Only the
144.Va iftype
145field is guaranteed to be filled with the correct value in the current
146version of the
147.Nm
148driver.
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.Va buttons
161field holds the number of buttons detected by the driver.
162.Pp
163The
164.Va iftype
165is always
166.Dv MOUSE_IF_SYSMOUSE .
167.Pp
168The
169.Va type
170tells the device type:
171.Dv MOUSE_MOUSE ,
172.Dv MOUSE_TRACKBALL ,
173.Dv MOUSE_STICK ,
174.Dv MOUSE_PAD ,
175or
176.Dv MOUSE_UNKNOWN .
177.Pp
178The
179.Va model
180is always
181.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_GENERIC
182at the operation level 0.
183It may be
184.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_GENERIC
185or one of
186.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_XXX
187constants at higher operation levels.
188.Pp
189The
190.Va hwid
191is always zero.
192.Pp
193.It Dv MOUSE_GETMODE Ar mousemode_t *mode
194The command gets the current operation parameters of the mouse
195driver.
196.Bd -literal
197typedef struct mousemode {
198    int protocol;    /* MOUSE_PROTO_XXX */
199    int rate;        /* report rate (per sec) */
200    int resolution;  /* MOUSE_RES_XXX, -1 if unknown */
201    int accelfactor; /* acceleration factor */
202    int level;       /* driver operation level */
203    int packetsize;  /* the length of the data packet */
204    unsigned char syncmask[2]; /* sync. bits */
205} mousemode_t;
206.Ed
207.Pp
208The
209.Va protocol
210field tells the format in which the device status is returned
211when the mouse data is read by the user program.
212It is
213.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_MSC
214at the operation level zero.
215.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_SYSMOUSE
216at the operation level one.
217.Pp
218The
219.Va rate
220is always set to \-1.
221.Pp
222The
223.Va resolution
224is always set to \-1.
225.Pp
226The
227.Va accelfactor
228is always 0.
229.Pp
230The
231.Va packetsize
232field specifies the length of the data packet.
233It depends on the
234operation level.
235.Pp
236.Bl -tag -width level_0__ -compact
237.It Em level 0
2385 bytes
239.It Em level 1
2408 bytes
241.El
242.Pp
243The array
244.Va syncmask
245holds a bit mask and pattern to detect the first byte of the
246data packet.
247.Va syncmask[0]
248is the bit mask to be ANDed with a byte.
249If the result is equal to
250.Va syncmask[1] ,
251the byte is likely to be the first byte of the data packet.
252Note that this method of detecting the first byte is not 100% reliable;
253thus, it should be taken only as an advisory measure.
254.Pp
255.It Dv MOUSE_SETMODE Ar mousemode_t *mode
256The command changes the current operation parameters of the mouse driver
257as specified in
258.Ar mode .
259Only
260.Va level
261may be modifiable.
262Setting values in the other field does not generate
263error and has no effect.
264.Pp
265.It Dv MOUSE_READDATA Ar mousedata_t *data
266.It Dv MOUSE_READSTATE Ar mousedata_t *state
267These commands are not supported by the
268.Nm
269driver.
270.Pp
271.It Dv MOUSE_GETSTATUS Ar mousestatus_t *status
272The command returns the current state of buttons and
273movement counts in the structure as defined in
274.Xr mouse 4 .
275.El
276.Ss Console and Consolectl Ioctls
277The user process issues console
278.Fn ioctl
279calls to the current virtual console in order to control
280the mouse pointer.
281The console
282.Fn ioctl
283also provides a method for the user process to receive a
284.Xr signal 3
285when a button is pressed.
286.Pp
287The mouse daemon
288.Xr moused 8
289uses
290.Fn ioctl
291calls to the console control device
292.Pa /dev/consolectl
293to inform the console of mouse actions including mouse movement
294and button status.
295.Pp
296Both classes of
297.Fn ioctl
298commands are defined as
299.Dv CONS_MOUSECTL
300which takes the following argument.
301.Bd -literal
302struct mouse_info {
303    int operation;
304    union {
305        struct mouse_data data;
306        struct mouse_mode mode;
307        struct mouse_event event;
308    } u;
309};
310.Ed
311.Pp
312.Bl -tag -width operation -compact
313.It Va operation
314This can be one of
315.Pp
316.Bl -tag -width MOUSE_MOVEABS -compact
317.It Dv MOUSE_SHOW
318Enables and displays mouse cursor.
319.It Dv MOUSE_HIDE
320Disables and hides mouse cursor.
321.It Dv MOUSE_MOVEABS
322Moves mouse cursor to position supplied in
323.Va u.data .
324.It Dv MOUSE_MOVEREL
325Adds position supplied in
326.Va u.data
327to current position.
328.It Dv MOUSE_GETINFO
329Returns current mouse position in the current virtual console
330and button status in
331.Va u.data .
332.It Dv MOUSE_MODE
333This sets the
334.Xr signal 3
335to be delivered to the current process when a button is pressed.
336The signal to be delivered is set in
337.Va u.mode .
338.El
339.Pp
340The above operations are for virtual consoles.
341The operations defined
342below are for the console control device and are used by
343.Xr moused 8
344to pass mouse data to the console driver.
345.Pp
346.Bl -tag -width MOUSE_MOVEABS -compact
347.It Dv MOUSE_ACTION
348.It Dv MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT
349These operations take the information in
350.Va u.data
351and act upon it.
352Mouse data will be sent to the
353.Nm
354driver if it is open.
355.Dv MOUSE_ACTION
356also processes button press actions and sends signal to the process if
357requested or performs cut and paste operations
358if the current console is a text interface.
359.It Dv MOUSE_BUTTON_EVENT
360.Va u.data
361specifies a button and its click count.
362The console driver will
363use this information for signal delivery if requested or
364for cut and paste operations if the console is in text mode.
365.El
366.Pp
367.Dv MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT
368and
369.Dv MOUSE_BUTTON_EVENT
370are newer interface and are designed to be used together.
371They are intended to replace functions performed by
372.Dv MOUSE_ACTION
373alone.
374.Pp
375.It Va u
376This union is one of
377.Pp
378.Bl -tag -width data -compact
379.It Va data
380.Bd -literal
381struct mouse_data {
382    int x;
383    int y;
384    int z;
385    int buttons;
386};
387.Ed
388.Pp
389.Va x , y
390and
391.Va z
392represent movement of the mouse along respective directions.
393.Va buttons
394tells the state of buttons.
395It encodes up to 31 buttons in the bit 0 though
396the bit 30.
397If a button is held down, the corresponding bit is set.
398.Pp
399.It Va mode
400.Bd -literal
401struct mouse_mode {
402    int mode;
403    int signal;
404};
405.Ed
406.Pp
407The
408.Va signal
409field specifies the signal to be delivered to the process.
410It must be
411one of the values defined in
412.In signal.h .
413The
414.Va mode
415field is currently unused.
416.Pp
417.It Va event
418.Bd -literal
419struct mouse_event {
420    int id;
421    int value;
422};
423.Ed
424.Pp
425The
426.Va id
427field specifies a button number as in
428.Va u.data.buttons .
429Only one bit/button is set.
430The
431.Va value
432field
433holds the click count: the number of times the user has clicked the button
434successively.
435.El
436.El
437.Sh FILES
438.Bl -tag -width /dev/consolectl -compact
439.It Pa /dev/consolectl
440device to control the console
441.It Pa /dev/sysmouse
442virtualized mouse driver
443.It Pa /dev/ttyv%d
444virtual consoles
445.El
446.Sh SEE ALSO
447.Xr vidcontrol 1 ,
448.Xr ioctl 2 ,
449.Xr signal 3 ,
450.Xr mouse 4 ,
451.Xr moused 8
452.Sh HISTORY
453The
454.Nm
455driver first appeared in
456.Fx 2.2 .
457.Sh AUTHORS
458.An -nosplit
459This
460manual page was written by
461.An John-Mark Gurney Aq Mt jmg@FreeBSD.org
462and
463.An Kazutaka Yokota Aq Mt yokota@FreeBSD.org .
464