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- 31-Jan-1991
-
- I screwed up. Last month in the newsgroup comp.unix.sysv386 I wrote:
-
- >If you really want a logitech bus mouse driver, I wrote one for ISC 2.x
- >a long time ago (before ISC included one in their distribution). Haven't
- >used it in a long time (since the ISC version works ok.) BTW, my version
- >supported VP/ix too. If you really want a source version, email me a
- >note. Or, if I receive more than, let's say, 5 requests, I'll post it
- >to alt.sources.
-
- To the few people that responded I sent a shar file of the original
- 29-May-1989 code. Without asking for permission, one person (who will
- remain nameless) posted the code to alt.sources. This was quite a surprise
- to me! (Was also ironic because I had to send the shar file to this person
- twice because he accidentally deleted his first copy.)
-
- Though I don't mind that he posted the code, I wish he would have asked
- first because that version of the driver did not have a proper copyright
- notice in it. This version does. (It's actually just a cut and paste of
- the copyright and permission notice from my ppmtoxpm filter which you'll
- find comp.sources.misc archives and Jef Poskanzer's new pbmplus release.)
- This driver is now copyrighted `freely available' code.
-
- So, if you are one of the individuals who received this driver by email,
- or if you saved a copy of the version that was posted to alt.sources,
- *please* delete it and use this one instead. Thank you.
-
- Two additional items: (1) This code will become part of Thomas Roell's
- X11R4 distribution, and (2) in my original README file I forgot to mention
- the mdevice entry. This is the entry that I have in my /etc/conf/cf.d/mdevice
- file, (note that the fields are separated by tabs, not spaces):
-
- lmouse Ioci iHc logm 0 19 1 1 -1
-
- The test program "mt2.c" was removed from this distribution because it was
- a redundant copy of the "mt.c" test program. Only difference was the device
- name specified in the code.
-
- What follows is the original README file:
-
- 14-Jan-1991
-
- I wrote this Logitech bus mouse driver for ISC 2.x a long time ago, before
- ISC provided one in their distribution. (The last date of modification of
- the driver source is May 29, 1989). Back in Dec '89 my system suffered a
- major disk crash resulting in the lose of my entire /usr/local directory
- tree. It was pure luck that I happened to have an extra copy of the driver
- source elsewhere. Any/all Makefiles, install scripts, and miscellaneous
- notes were unfortunately lost. Have never taken the time to recreate them.
-
- So, ... you're totally on your own. Here's a quick summary of the files
- enclosed, (the following assumes an ISC directory strcture for installing
- device drivers, don't know if ESIX follows the same conventions):
-
- lmouse.c -- Driver source. After compiled the object file needs
- to be placed in /etc/conf/pack.d/lmouse/Driver.o
-
- lmouse.node -- Copy this file to /etc/conf/node.d/lmouse
-
- lmouse.sdevice -- Copy this file to /etc/conf/sdevice.d/lmouse
-
- mt.c and mt2.c -- Test programs.
-
- Finally, you'll need to add the following line to the
- /etc/conf/kconfig.d/description file, (note that the fields are separated
- by tabs not spaces):
-
- lmouse 0 19 io lmouse My Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
-
- Good luck and happy hacking...
-
- -- Mark
-
- Mark W. Snitily Consulting Services:
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- Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 252-0456
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-
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