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authorgravity <gravity>2006-01-09 05:19:26 +0000
committergravity <gravity>2006-01-09 05:19:26 +0000
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diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index 3e3fb49..bf7ec17 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
drivermandir = $(DRIVER_MAN_DIR)
-# driverman_PRE = @DRIVER_NAME@.man
+driverman_PRE = @DRIVER_NAME@.man
driverman_DATA = $(driverman_PRE:man=@DRIVER_MAN_SUFFIX@)
-#EXTRA_DIST = @DRIVER_NAME@.man
+EXTRA_DIST = @DRIVER_NAME@.man
CLEANFILES = $(driverman_DATA)
diff --git a/man/evdev.man b/man/evdev.man
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ad5552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/evdev.man
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
+.ds q \N'34'
+.TH EVDEV __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__
+.SH NAME
+evdev \- Generic Linux input driver
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qInputDevice\*q"
+.BI " Identifier \*q" devname \*q
+.B " Driver \*qevdev\*q"
+.BI " Option \*qDevice\*q \*q" devpath \*q
+\ \ ...
+.B EndSection
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B evdev
+is an __xservername__ input driver for Linux\'s generic event devices. It
+therefore supports all input devices that the kernel knows about, including
+most mice and keyboards.
+.PP
+The
+.B evdev
+driver can serve as both a pointer and a keyboard input device, and may be
+used as both the core keyboard and the core pointer. Multiple input devices
+are supported by multiple instances of this driver, with one Load
+directive for evdev in the Module section of your __xconfigfile__ for each
+input device that will use this driver.
+.PP
+.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
+In general, any input device that the kernel has a driver for can be accessed
+through the
+.B evdev
+driver. See the Linux kernel documentation for a complete list.
+.PP
+.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
+Please refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration
+details and for options that can be used with all input drivers. This
+section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.
+.PP
+The following driver
+.B Options
+are supported:
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qDevice\*q \*q" string \*q
+Specifies the device through which the device can be accessed. This will
+generally be of the form \*q/dev/input/eventX\*q, where X is some integer.
+The mapping from device node to hardware is system-dependent. This option is
+mandatory, and there is no default setting.
+.SH AUTHORS
+Kristian Høgsberg.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), xorgconfig(__appmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__),
+README.mouse.