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NAME

     sysmouse — virtualized mouse driver

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/mouse.h>
     #include <sys/consio.h>

DESCRIPTION

     The console driver, in conjunction with the mouse daemon moused(8), supplies mouse data to
     the user process in the standardized way via the sysmouse driver.  This arrangement makes it
     possible for the console and the user process (such as the X Window System) to share the
     mouse.

     The user process which wants to utilize mouse operation simply opens /dev/sysmouse with a
     open(2) call and reads mouse data from the device via read(2).  Make sure that moused(8) is
     running, otherwise the user process will not see any data coming from the mouse.

   Operation Levels
     The sysmouse driver has two levels of operation.  The current operation level can be
     referred to and changed via ioctl calls.

     The level zero, the basic level, is the lowest level at which the driver offers the basic
     service to user programs.  The sysmouse driver provides horizontal and vertical movement of
     the mouse and state of up to three buttons in the MouseSystems format as follows.

     Byte 1
             bit 7  Always one.
             bit 6..3
                    Always zero.
             bit 2  Left button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
             bit 1  Middle button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.  Always one, if the
                    device does not have the middle button.
             bit 0  Right button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
     Byte 2  The first half of horizontal movement count in two's complement; -128 through 127.
     Byte 3  The first half of vertical movement count in two's complement; -128 through 127.
     Byte 4  The second half of the horizontal movement count in two's complement; -128 through
             127.  To obtain the full horizontal movement count, add the byte 2 and 4.
     Byte 5  The second half of the vertical movement count in two's complement; -128 through
             127.  To obtain the full vertical movement count, add the byte 3 and 5.

     At the level one, the extended level, mouse data is encoded in the standard format
     MOUSE_PROTO_SYSMOUSE as defined in mouse(4).

IOCTLS

     This section describes two classes of ioctl(2) commands: commands for the sysmouse driver
     itself, and commands for the console and the console control drivers.

   Sysmouse Ioctls
     There are a few commands for mouse drivers.  General description of the commands is given in
     mouse(4).  Following are the features specific to the sysmouse driver.

     MOUSE_GETLEVEL int *level
     MOUSE_SETLEVEL int *level
            These commands manipulate the operation level of the mouse driver.

     MOUSE_GETHWINFO mousehw_t *hw
            Returns the hardware information of the attached device in the following structure.
            Only the iftype field is guaranteed to be filled with the correct value in the
            current version of the sysmouse driver.

            typedef struct mousehw {
                int buttons;    /* number of buttons */
                int iftype;     /* I/F type */
                int type;       /* mouse/track ball/pad... */
                int model;      /* I/F dependent model ID */
                int hwid;       /* I/F dependent hardware ID */
            } mousehw_t;

            The buttons field holds the number of buttons detected by the driver.

            The iftype is always MOUSE_IF_SYSMOUSE.

            The type tells the device type: MOUSE_MOUSE, MOUSE_TRACKBALL, MOUSE_STICK, MOUSE_PAD,
            or MOUSE_UNKNOWN.

            The model is always MOUSE_MODEL_GENERIC at the operation level 0.  It may be
            MOUSE_MODEL_GENERIC or one of MOUSE_MODEL_XXX constants at higher operation levels.

            The hwid is always zero.

     MOUSE_GETMODE mousemode_t *mode
            The command gets the current operation parameters of the mouse driver.

            typedef struct mousemode {
                int protocol;    /* MOUSE_PROTO_XXX */
                int rate;        /* report rate (per sec) */
                int resolution;  /* MOUSE_RES_XXX, -1 if unknown */
                int accelfactor; /* acceleration factor */
                int level;       /* driver operation level */
                int packetsize;  /* the length of the data packet */
                unsigned char syncmask[2]; /* sync. bits */
            } mousemode_t;

            The protocol field tells the format in which the device status is returned when the
            mouse data is read by the user program.  It is MOUSE_PROTO_MSC at the operation level
            zero.  MOUSE_PROTO_SYSMOUSE at the operation level one.

            The rate is always set to -1.

            The resolution is always set to -1.

            The accelfactor is always 0.

            The packetsize field specifies the length of the data packet.  It depends on the
            operation level.

            level 0    5 bytes
            level 1    8 bytes

            The array syncmask holds a bit mask and pattern to detect the first byte of the data
            packet.  syncmask[0] is the bit mask to be ANDed with a byte.  If the result is equal
            to syncmask[1], the byte is likely to be the first byte of the data packet.  Note
            that this method of detecting the first byte is not 100% reliable; thus, it should be
            taken only as an advisory measure.

     MOUSE_SETMODE mousemode_t *mode
            The command changes the current operation parameters of the mouse driver as specified
            in mode.  Only level may be modifiable.  Setting values in the other field does not
            generate error and has no effect.

     MOUSE_READDATA mousedata_t *data
     MOUSE_READSTATE mousedata_t *state
            These commands are not supported by the sysmouse driver.

     MOUSE_GETSTATUS mousestatus_t *status
            The command returns the current state of buttons and movement counts in the structure
            as defined in mouse(4).

   Console and Consolectl Ioctls
     The user process issues console ioctl() calls to the current virtual console in order to
     control the mouse pointer.  The console ioctl() also provides a method for the user process
     to receive a signal(3) when a button is pressed.

     The mouse daemon moused(8) uses ioctl() calls to the console control device /dev/consolectl
     to inform the console of mouse actions including mouse movement and button status.

     Both classes of ioctl() commands are defined as CONS_MOUSECTL which takes the following
     argument.

     struct mouse_info {
         int operation;
         union {
             struct mouse_data data;
             struct mouse_mode mode;
             struct mouse_event event;
         } u;
     };

     operation  This can be one of

                MOUSE_SHOW     Enables and displays mouse cursor.
                MOUSE_HIDE     Disables and hides mouse cursor.
                MOUSE_MOVEABS  Moves mouse cursor to position supplied in u.data.
                MOUSE_MOVEREL  Adds position supplied in u.data to current position.
                MOUSE_GETINFO  Returns current mouse position in the current virtual console and
                               button status in u.data.
                MOUSE_MODE     This sets the signal(3) to be delivered to the current process
                               when a button is pressed.  The signal to be delivered is set in
                               u.mode.

                The above operations are for virtual consoles.  The operations defined below are
                for the console control device and are used by moused(8) to pass mouse data to
                the console driver.

                MOUSE_ACTION
                MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT
                               These operations take the information in u.data and act upon it.
                               Mouse data will be sent to the sysmouse driver if it is open.
                               MOUSE_ACTION also processes button press actions and sends signal
                               to the process if requested or performs cut and paste operations
                               if the current console is a text interface.
                MOUSE_BUTTON_EVENT
                               u.data specifies a button and its click count.  The console driver
                               will use this information for signal delivery if requested or for
                               cut and paste operations if the console is in text mode.

                MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT and MOUSE_BUTTON_EVENT are newer interface and are designed to
                be used together.  They are intended to replace functions performed by
                MOUSE_ACTION alone.

     u          This union is one of

                data

                      struct mouse_data {
                          int x;
                          int y;
                          int z;
                          int buttons;
                      };

                      x, y and z represent movement of the mouse along respective directions.
                      buttons tells the state of buttons.  It encodes up to 31 buttons in the bit
                      0 though the bit 30.  If a button is held down, the corresponding bit is
                      set.

                mode

                      struct mouse_mode {
                          int mode;
                          int signal;
                      };

                      The signal field specifies the signal to be delivered to the process.  It
                      must be one of the values defined in <signal.h>.  The mode field is
                      currently unused.

                event

                      struct mouse_event {
                          int id;
                          int value;
                      };

                      The id field specifies a button number as in u.data.buttons.  Only one
                      bit/button is set.  The value field holds the click count: the number of
                      times the user has clicked the button successively.

FILES

     /dev/consolectl  device to control the console
     /dev/sysmouse    virtualized mouse driver
     /dev/ttyv%d      virtual consoles

SEE ALSO

     vidcontrol(1), ioctl(2), signal(3), mouse(4), moused(8)

HISTORY

     The sysmouse driver first appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.

AUTHORS

     This manual page was written by John-Mark Gurney <jmg@FreeBSD.org> and Kazutaka Yokota
     <yokota@FreeBSD.org>.