NAME¶

mse — bus and InPort mice driver

SYNOPSIS¶

device mse

In /boot/device.hints:
hint.mse.0.at="isa"
hint.mse.0.port="0x23c"
hint.mse.0.irq="5"

DESCRIPTION¶

The mse driver provides support for the bus mouse and the InPort mouse, which are often collectively called ``bus'' mice, as these mice are sold with an interface card which needs to be installed in an expansion bus slot. The interface circuit may come on an integrated I/O card or as an option on video cards.

The bus and InPort mice have two or three buttons, and a D-sub 9-pin male connector or a round DIN 9-pin male connector.

The primary port address of the bus and InPort mouse interface cards is usually 0x23c. Some cards may also be set to use the secondary port address at 0x238. The interface cards require a single IRQ, which may be 2, 3, 4 or 5. Some cards may offer additional IRQs. The port number and the IRQ number are configured by jumpers on the cards or by software provided with the card.

Frequency, or report rate, at which the device sends movement and button state reports to the host system, may also be configurable on some interface cards. It may be 15, 30, 60 or 120Hz.

The difference between the two types of the mice is not in mouse devices (in fact they are exactly the same). But in the circuit on the interface cards. This means that the device from a bus mouse package can be connected to the interface card from an InPort mouse package, or vice versa, provided that their connectors match.

minor = (`unit' << 1) | `non-blocking'

DRIVER CONFIGURATION¶

IOCTLS¶

There are a few ioctl(2) commands for mouse drivers. These commands and related structures and constants are defined in <sys/mouse.h>. General description of the commands is given in mouse(4). This section explains the features specific to the mse driver.

MOUSE_GETLEVEL int *level

 

MOUSE_SETLEVEL int *level

These commands manipulate the operation level of the mse 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 by the current version of the mse 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 on the device.

The iftype is either MOUSE_IF_BUS or MOUSE_IF_INPORT.

The type may be 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 0.

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), -1 if unknown */
    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 is either MOUSE_PROTO_BUS or MOUSE_PROTO_INPORT at the operation level zero. MOUSE_PROTO_SYSMOUSE at the operation level one.

The rate is the status report rate (reports/sec) at which the device will send movement report to the host computer. As there is no standard to detect the current setting, this field is always set to -1.

The resolution is always set to -1.

The accelfactor field holds a value to control acceleration feature (see Acceleration). It is zero or greater. If it is zero, acceleration is disabled.

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 detection method is not 100% reliable, thus, should be taken only as an advisory measure.

Only level and accelfactor are modifiable by the MOUSE_SETMODE command. Changing the other field does not cause error, but has no effect.

MOUSE_SETMODE mousemode_t *mode

The command changes the current operation parameters of the mouse driver as specified in mode. Only level and accelfactor 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 mse driver.

MOUSE_GETSTATUS mousestatus_t *status

The command returns the current state of buttons and movement counts as described in mouse(4).

FILES¶

/dev/mse0

`non-blocking' device node in the system without devfs, `blocking' under devfs.

/dev/nmse0

`non-blocking' device node under devfs.

EXAMPLES¶

In /boot/device.hints:

Add the mse driver at the primary port address with the IRQ 5.

Define the mse driver at the secondary port address with the IRQ 4 and the acceleration factor of 3.

SEE ALSO¶

ioctl(2), mouse(4), psm(4), sysmouse(4), moused(8)

CAVEATS¶

Some bus mouse interface cards generate interrupts at the fixed report rate when enabled, whether or not the mouse state is changing. The others generate interrupts only when the state is changing.