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From: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely)
Subject: Re: ps2 mouse with freebsd 2.0
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Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 17:54:37 GMT
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In article <3omq61$fjl@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> sa@irie.umcc.umich.edu (Scott Almburg) writes:
>I'm trying to get a ps2 style mouse to work with free bsd 2.0
>This may be in a FAQ , but I can't seem to find it.
>
>Is ps2 mouse support built into the kernel, or do I have to
>apply a kernel patch?  And if so, where would I find it.

in /sys/i386/conf/LINT device examples are given. you need to add:

options        ALLOW_CONFLICT_IOADDR
device          psm0    at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 12 vector psmintr

to your configuration file.

--mark.