Mouse Support in XFree86
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3.1. Summary of Supported Mouse Protocol Types
Protocol Types
serial PnP BusMouse PS/2 Extended PS/2
OS platforms protocols serial protocol protocol protocols
"Auto" "BusMouse" "PS/2" "xxxPS/2"
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BSD/OS Ok ? ? ? ?
FreeBSD Ok Ok Ok Ok SP*1
FreeBSD(98) Ok ? Ok NA NA
Interactive Unix Ok NA ?*1 ?*1 NA
Linux Ok Ok Ok Ok Ok
Linux/98 Ok ? Ok NA NA
LynxOS Ok NA Ok Ok NA
NetBSD Ok Ok Ok SP*1 NA
NetBSD/pc98 Ok ? Ok NA NA
OpenBSD Ok Ok Ok Ok*1 NA
OS/2 SP*2 SP*2 SP*2 SP*2 SP*2
SCO Ok ? SP*1 SP*1 NA
Solaris 2.x Ok NA*1 ?*1 Ok NA
SVR4 Ok NA*1 SP*1 SP*1 NA
PANIX Ok ? SP*1 SP*1 NA
Ok: support is available, NA: not available, ?: untested or unknown.
SP: support is available in a different form
*1 Refer to the following sections for details.
*2 XFree86/OS2 will support any type of mouse that the OS supports,
whether it is serial, bus mouse, or PnP type.
Mouse Support in XFree86
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