Subject: Re: pms0 vs. psm0
To: None <mystify@iastate.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/30/1998 16:51:06
On Sun, 29 Mar 1998 17:25:51 -0600 
 Patrick Hartling <mystify@friley63.res.iastate.edu> wrote:

 > Hi,
 > 	When I originally installed NetBSD on my system a couple of months
 > back, I was more than a bit taken aback to discover that the PS/2 mouse
 > device on NetBSD is pms0 rather than psm0 (which is what I am accustomed to).
 > It's not a big deal, but I am curious about why it is named pms0.  Honestly,
 > it seems a little odd to have a PMS device.  ;)  Thanks.

The "psm" version is a new version of the PS/2 mouse driver for the
new wscons console code.

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