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NAME
     spic — Sony Programmable I/O Controller device driver


SYNOPSIS
     device spic


DEPRECATION NOTICE
     The spic driver will be removed in FreeBSD 12.0.


DESCRIPTION
     The spic driver allows using moused(8) to drive the Sony Vaio Jogdial device found on several Sony Vaio
     models.  It works by mapping the forward, backwards, up, and down inputs to “l”, “r”, “u”, and “d”,
     respectively.  From that a program reading the Jogdial can decide what to do.  Some actions might include
     scrolling, mimicking mouse buttons, launching applications, or other useful things.


SEE ALSO
     moused(8)


HISTORY
     The spic device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.6.


AUTHORS
     Nick Sayer <nsayer@FreeBSD.org>
     Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org>