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27.Dd August 19, 2017
28.Dt WMT 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm wmt
32.Nd MS Windows 7/8/10 - compatible USB HID multi-touch device driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines into
35your kernel configuration file:
36.Bd -ragged -offset indent
37.Cd "device wmt"
38.Cd "device usb"
39.Cd "device evdev"
40.Ed
41.Pp
42Alternatively, to load the driver as a
43module at boot time, place the following line in
44.Xr loader.conf 5 :
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46wmt_load="YES"
47.Ed
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51driver provides support for the MS Windows 7/8/10 - compatible USB HID
52multi-touch devices found in many laptops.
53.Pp
54To get multi-touch device working in
55.Xr X 7 ,
56install
57.Pa ports/x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev .
58.Sh FILES
59.Nm
60creates a pseudo-device file,
61.Pa /dev/input/eventX
62which presents the multi-touch device as an input event device.
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr usb 4 ,
65.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
66.Xr xorg.conf 5 Pq Pa ports/x11/xorg ,
67.Xr evdev 4 Pq Pa ports/x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev .
68.Sh AUTHORS
69.An -nosplit
70The
71.Nm
72driver was written by
73.An Vladimir Kondratyev Aq Mt wulf@FreeBSD.org .
74.Sh BUGS
75.Nm
76works only with touchscreens now.
77Neither pens nor touchpads are supported.
78.Pp
79.Nm
80cannot act like
81.Xr sysmouse 4 ,
82as
83.Xr sysmouse 4
84does not support absolute motion events.
85