Re: non-i386 arch mice?

[Michael Schmitz <MSchmitz@lbl.gov>]

Hi,

<quote>
   Detection is hmmm ... not easy. How will you detect ps/2 versus serial
mice
   on i386? 

Oh, *that* part is easy.  If you can open /dev/psaux then there is a
ps/2 mouse.  The kernel takes care of the device detection for you.
</quote>

Not so for m68k (haven't tried on Atari or Amiga, but definitely not on
Mac). 
The kernel only detects the mouse interface and has no way of knowing if
there's
a mouse attached. 
Anyway, it's pretty safe to assume that a Mac doesn't have an Amiga- or
Atari
mouse interface, and vice versa. And VMEbus machines don't have any mice. 
So just read the first line from /proc/hardware to determine the subarch
and 
go with that information for the busmouse device, and maybe probe the
serial
lines for serial mice. 

	Michael