From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1a9byQ-0001Nw-01 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:04:14 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36907) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9byN-0001JJ-Mt for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:04:12 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9byH-00031l-Sl for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:04:11 -0500 Received: from mailscan6.extendcp.co.uk ([79.170.43.52]:36240 helo=mailscan1.extendcp.co.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9byH-00031Y-NO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:04:05 -0500 Received: from mailscanlb0.hi.local ([10.0.44.160] helo=mailscan1.hi.local) by mailscan-g64.hi.local with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1a9byG-00041Q-BZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:04:04 +0000 Received: from mailscanlb0.hi.local ([10.0.44.160] helo=mail49.extendcp.co.uk) by mailscan1.hi.local with esmtps (UNKNOWN:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1a9byF-0006FG-CG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:04:04 +0000 Received: from cpc5-telf12-2-0-cust218.16-1.cable.virginm.net ([82.39.228.219] helo=z68) by mail49.extendcp.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80.1) id 1a9byF-0004dh-2y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:04:03 +0000 Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:03:58 +0000 From: John Murphy To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: Mouse support for just the wheel and left button. Message-ID: <20151217170358.4483481a@z68> In-Reply-To: <20151217160341.GO25177@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <20151217025233.2fc91690@z68> <56724D85.40407@gmail.com> <20151217133410.1aa4817a@z68> <20151217160341.GO25177@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.23; i686-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-As: swl@freeode.co.uk X-Extend-Src: mailout X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 79.170.43.52 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:04:12 -0000 On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:03:41 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 01:34:10PM +0000, John Murphy wrote: > > I'm able to scroll through entries on pages in my BIOS using the wheel > > (Asus Maximus VII Formula). Not sure if that means anything. > > That probably doesn't mean anything. The firmware can choose to handle > the mouse in any way it wants, but the interface actually provided to > the boot loader through EFI is more limited. > > The UEFI spec mentions x, y and z axis for a pointing device and > recommends using z-axis for scrolling, but I don't know if the mouse wheel > would be used as a z-axis, or just button 4 and 5 (which uefi doesn't do, > only left and right). If 'standards' have carried through from xorg.conf / mousedrv, buttons 4 and 5 would be wheel buttons. Button 4 is the default for "which button must be held down to enable wheel emulation mode." (man mousedrv) but again - may not mean anything. --