Date: 28 Jul 2003 08:50:40 -0700 From: LLeweLLyn Reese <llewelly@lifesupport.shutdown.com> To: Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net> Cc: DJ Landreneau <dj@landreneau.com> Subject: Re: /dev/psm0 Message-ID: <x3fzkqbqgf.fsf@lifesupport.shutdown.com> In-Reply-To: <20030728120349.37E3F43F75@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <DFEGKHBAPHCMBAGGAKAAKEEMCCAA.dj@landreneau.com> <20030728120349.37E3F43F75@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net> writes:
> On Monday, 28. July 2003 13:40, DJ Landreneau wrote:
> > As the original poster of this thread I feel compelled to provide some more
> > information.
> >
> > I am running FreeBSD 5.0 that I obtained through the FreeBSD Unleased book
> > I purchased from Barnes & Noble.
>
> > When I boot up FreeBSD and do ls -al on the /dev directory I do have
> > busmouse or psm0 in the directory. Someone in an earlier reply to my post
> > said this means that I do not have psm0 support in my kernel.
>
> I take it you wanted to say "I do *NOT* have busmouse or psm0".
> FreeBSD 5.x uses devfs, i.e. it creates device nodes automatically for
> device-drivers present in the kernel. So if there is no /dev/psm0 this should
> mean that there is no PS/2-Mouse-Support present in the kernel.
[snip]
What if the PS/2-Mouse-Support in the kernel failed to detect a ps/2
mouse? Wouldn't that result in no /deve/psm0, even with
PS/2-Mouse-Support in the kernel?
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