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30.Dd December 3, 1997
31.Dt SYSMOUSE 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm sysmouse
35.\" .Nd supplies mouse data from syscons for other applications
36.Nd virtualized mouse driver
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/mouse.h
39.In machine/console.h
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The console driver, in conjunction with the mouse daemon
42.Xr moused 8 ,
43supplies mouse data to the user process in the standardized way via the
44.Nm
45driver.
46This arrangement makes it possible for the console and the user process
47(such as the
48.Tn X\ Window System )
49to share the mouse.
50.Pp
51The user process which wants to utilize mouse operation simply opens
52.Pa /dev/sysmouse
53with a
54.Xr open 2
55call and reads
56mouse data from the device via
57.Xr read 2 .
58Make sure that
59.Xr moused 8
60is running, otherwise the user process won't see any data coming from
61the mouse.
62.Ss Operation Levels
63The
64.Nm
65driver has two levels of operation.
66The current operation level can be referred to and changed via ioctl calls.
67.Pp
68The level zero, the basic level, is the lowest level at which the driver
69offers the basic service to user programs.
70The
71.Nm
72driver
73provides horizontal and vertical movement of the mouse
74and state of up to three buttons in the
75.Tn MouseSystems
76format as follows.
77.Pp
78.Bl -tag -width Byte_1 -compact
79.It Byte 1
80.Bl -tag -width bit_7 -compact
81.It bit 7
82Always one.
83.It bit 6..3
84Always zero.
85.It bit 2
86Left button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
87.It bit 1
88Middle button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
89Always one,
90if the device does not have the middle button.
91.It bit 0
92Right button status; cleared if pressed, otherwise set.
93.El
94.It Byte 2
95The first half of horizontal movement count in two's complement;
96-128 through 127.
97.It Byte 3
98The first half of vertical movement count in two's complement;
99-128 through 127.
100.It Byte 4
101The second half of the horizontal movement count in two's complement;
102-128 through 127. To obtain the full horizontal movement count, add
103the byte 2 and 4.
104.It Byte 5
105The second half of the vertical movement count in two's complement;
106-128 through 127. To obtain the full vertical movement count, add
107the byte 3 and 5.
108.El
109.Pp
110At the level one, the extended level, mouse data is encoded
111in the standard format
112.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_SYSMOUSE
113as defined in
114.Xr mouse 4 .
115.\" .Ss Acceleration
116.\" The
117.\" .Nm
118.\" driver can somewhat `accelerate' the movement of the pointing device.
119.\" The faster you move the device, the further the pointer
120.\" travels on the screen.
121.\" The driver has an internal variable which governs the effect of
122.\" the acceleration. Its value can be modified via the driver flag
123.\" or via an ioctl call.
124.Sh IOCTLS
125This section describes two classes of
126.Xr ioctl 2
127commands:
128commands for the
129.Nm
130driver itself, and commands for the console and the console control drivers.
131.Ss Sysmouse Ioctls
132There are a few commands for mouse drivers.
133General description of the commands is given in
134.Xr mouse 4 .
135Following are the features specific to the
136.Nm
137driver.
138.Pp
139.Bl -tag -width MOUSE -compact
140.It Dv MOUSE_GETLEVEL Ar int *level
141.It Dv MOUSE_SETLEVEL Ar int *level
142These commands manipulate the operation level of the mouse driver.
143.Pp
144.It Dv MOUSE_GETHWINFO Ar mousehw_t *hw
145Returns the hardware information of the attached device in the following
146structure.  Only the
147.Dv iftype
148field is guaranteed to be filled with the correct value in the current
149version of the
150.Nm
151driver.
152.Bd -literal
153typedef struct mousehw {
154    int buttons;    /* number of buttons */
155    int iftype;     /* I/F type */
156    int type;       /* mouse/track ball/pad... */
157    int model;      /* I/F dependent model ID */
158    int hwid;       /* I/F dependent hardware ID */
159} mousehw_t;
160.Ed
161.Pp
162The
163.Dv buttons
164field holds the number of buttons detected by the driver.
165.Pp
166The
167.Dv iftype
168is always
169.Dv MOUSE_IF_SYSMOUSE .
170.Pp
171The
172.Dv type
173tells the device type:
174.Dv MOUSE_MOUSE ,
175.Dv MOUSE_TRACKBALL ,
176.Dv MOUSE_STICK ,
177.Dv MOUSE_PAD ,
178or
179.Dv MOUSE_UNKNOWN .
180.Pp
181The
182.Dv model
183is always
184.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_GENERIC
185at the operation level 0.
186It may be
187.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_GENERIC
188or one of
189.Dv MOUSE_MODEL_XXX
190constants at higher operation levels.
191.Pp
192The
193.Dv hwid
194is always zero.
195.Pp
196.It Dv MOUSE_GETMODE Ar mousemode_t *mode
197The command gets the current operation parameters of the mouse
198driver.
199.Bd -literal
200typedef struct mousemode {
201    int protocol;    /* MOUSE_PROTO_XXX */
202    int rate;        /* report rate (per sec) */
203    int resolution;  /* MOUSE_RES_XXX, -1 if unknown */
204    int accelfactor; /* acceleration factor */
205    int level;       /* driver operation level */
206    int packetsize;  /* the length of the data packet */
207    unsigned char syncmask[2]; /* sync. bits */
208} mousemode_t;
209.Ed
210.Pp
211The
212.Dv protocol
213field tells the format in which the device status is returned
214when the mouse data is read by the user program.
215It is
216.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_MSC
217at the operation level zero.
218.Dv MOUSE_PROTO_SYSMOUSE
219at the operation level one.
220.Pp
221The
222.Dv rate
223is always set to -1.
224.Pp
225The
226.Dv resolution
227is always set to -1.
228.Pp
229The
230.Dv accelfactor
231is always 0.
232.Pp
233The
234.Dv packetsize
235field specifies the length of the data packet.
236It depends on the
237operation level.
238.Pp
239.Bl -tag -width level_0__ -compact
240.It Em level 0
2415 bytes
242.It Em level 1
2438 bytes
244.El
245.Pp
246The array
247.Dv syncmask
248holds a bit mask and pattern to detect the first byte of the
249data packet.
250.Dv syncmask[0]
251is the bit mask to be ANDed with a byte.
252If 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, it 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 level
264may be modifiable.
265Setting values in the other field does not generate
266error and has no effect.
267.\" .Pp
268.\" .It Dv MOUSE_GETVARS Ar mousevar_t *vars
269.\" .It Dv MOUSE_SETVARS Ar mousevar_t *vars
270.\" These commands are not supported by the
271.\" .Nm
272.\" driver.
273.Pp
274.It Dv MOUSE_READDATA Ar mousedata_t *data
275.It Dv MOUSE_READSTATE Ar mousedata_t *state
276These commands are not supported by the
277.Nm
278driver.
279.Pp
280.It Dv MOUSE_GETSTATUS Ar mousestatus_t *status
281The command returns the current state of buttons and
282movement counts in the structure as defined in
283.Xr mouse 4 .
284.El
285.Ss Console and Consolectl Ioctls
286The user process issues console
287.Fn ioctl
288calls to the current virtual console in order to control
289the mouse pointer.
290The console
291.Fn ioctl
292also provides a method for the user process to receive a
293.Xr signal 3
294when a button is pressed.
295.Pp
296The mouse daemon
297.Xr moused 8
298uses
299.Fn ioctl
300calls to the console control device
301.Pa /dev/consolectl
302to inform the console of mouse actions including mouse movement
303and button status.
304.Pp
305Both classes of
306.Fn ioctl
307commands are defined as
308.Dv CONS_MOUSECTL
309which takes the following argument.
310.Bd -literal
311struct mouse_info {
312    int operation;
313    union {
314        struct mouse_data data;
315        struct mouse_mode mode;
316        struct mouse_event event;
317    } u;
318};
319.Ed
320.Pp
321.Bl -tag -width operation -compact
322.It Dv operation
323This can be one of
324.Pp
325.Bl -tag -width MOUSE_MOVEABS -compact
326.It Dv MOUSE_SHOW
327Enables and displays mouse cursor.
328.It Dv MOUSE_HIDE
329Disables and hides mouse cursor.
330.It Dv MOUSE_MOVEABS
331Moves mouse cursor to position supplied in
332.Dv u.data .
333.It Dv MOUSE_MOVEREL
334Adds position supplied in
335.Dv u.data
336to current position.
337.It Dv MOUSE_GETINFO
338Returns current mouse position in the current virtual console
339and button status in
340.Dv u.data .
341.It Dv MOUSE_MODE
342This sets the
343.Xr signal 3
344to be delivered to the current process when a button is pressed.
345The signal to be delivered is set in
346.Dv u.mode .
347.El
348.Pp
349The above operations are for virtual consoles.
350The operations defined
351below are for the console control device and are used by
352.Xr moused 8
353to pass mouse data to the console driver.
354.Pp
355.Bl -tag -width MOUSE_MOVEABS -compact
356.It Dv MOUSE_ACTION
357.It Dv MOUSE_MOTIONEVENT
358These operations take the information in
359.Dv u.data
360and act upon it.  Mouse data will be sent to the
361.Nm
362driver if it is open.
363.Dv MOUSE_ACTION
364also processes button press actions and sends signal to the process if
365requested or performs cut and paste operations
366if the current console is a text interface.
367.It Dv MOUSE_BUTTONEVENT
368.Dv u.data
369specifies a button and its click count.
370The console driver will
371use this information for signal delivery if requested or
372for cut and paste operations if the console is in text mode.
373.El
374.Pp
375.Dv MOUSE_MOTIONEVENT
376and
377.Dv MOUSE_BUTTONEVENT
378are newer interface and are designed to be used together.
379They are intended to replace functions performed by
380.Dv MOUSE_ACTION
381alone.
382.Pp
383.It Dv u
384This union is one of
385.Pp
386.Bl -tag -width data -compact
387.It Dv data
388.Bd -literal
389struct mouse_data {
390    int x;
391    int y;
392    int z;
393    int buttons;
394};
395.Ed
396.Pp
397.Dv x ,
398.Dv y
399and
400.Dv z
401represent movement of the mouse along respective directions.
402.Dv buttons
403tells the state of buttons.
404It encodes up to 31 buttons in the bit 0 though
405the bit 30.  If a button is held down, the corresponding bit is set.
406.Pp
407.It Dv mode
408.Bd -literal
409struct mouse_mode {
410    int mode;
411    int signal;
412};
413.Ed
414.Pp
415The
416.Dv signal
417field specifies the signal to be delivered to the process.
418It must be
419one of the values defined in
420.In signal.h .
421The
422.Dv mode
423field is currently unused.
424.Pp
425.It Dv event
426.Bd -literal
427struct mouse_event {
428    int id;
429    int value;
430};
431.Ed
432.Pp
433The
434.Dv id
435field specifies a button number as in
436.Dv u.data.buttons .
437Only one bit/button is set.
438The
439.Dv value
440field
441holds the click count: the number of times the user has clicked the button
442successively.
443.El
444.El
445.Sh FILES
446.Bl -tag -width /dev/consolectl -compact
447.It Pa /dev/consolectl
448device to control the console
449.It Pa /dev/sysmouse
450virtualized mouse driver
451.It Pa /dev/ttyv%d
452virtual consoles
453.El
454.Sh SEE ALSO
455.Xr vidcontrol 1 ,
456.Xr ioctl 2 ,
457.Xr signal 3 ,
458.Xr mouse 4 ,
459.Xr moused 8
460.Sh HISTORY
461The
462.Nm
463manual page example first appeared in
464.Fx 2.2 .
465.Sh AUTHORS
466.An -nosplit
467This
468manual page was written by
469.An John-Mark Gurney Aq Mt gurney_j@efn.org
470and
471.An Kazutaka Yokota Aq Mt yokota@FreeBSD.org .
472