Provides access to the natively attached mouse.
The mouse special file serves as an interface between the application interface and the system mouse. This special file provides the application with the ability to receive input from the mouse and allows the application to change mouse configuration parameters, such as mouse sampling rates and resolution.
Standard configuration methods work with the mouse special file. No user configurable attribute commands exist for this special file. Applications that open the special file can modify device attribute dynamically using the appropriate ioctl interface; however, modifications are not saved in the configuration database.
The open subroutine call specifying the mouse special file is processed normally except that the Oflag and Mode parameters are ignored. The open request is rejected when the special file is already opened or when a kernel extension attempts to open the special file. All mouse inputs are flushed following an open subroutine call until an input ring is established. The mouse device is reset to the default configuration when an open request is made.
The mouse special file does not support the read or write subroutine calls. Instead, input data is obtained from the mouse via the input ring. The read and write subroutine calls behave the same as read or write to the /dev/null file.
The mouse special file supports the following functions with ioctls:
The following error codes can be found in the /usr/include/sys/errno.h file:
The mouse special file is part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.
| /usr/include/sys/inputdd.h | Contains the ioctl commands. |
The close subroutine, ioctl subroutine, open subroutine, read subroutine, write subroutine.