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34.Dd April 24, 2002
35.Dt SPIC 4 i386
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm spic
39.Nd Sony Programmable I/O Controller
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Cd "spic*    at acpi?"
42.Cd "wsmouse* at spic?"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44Some
45.Tn Sony
46computers have an I/O controller that handles various interface
47devices, e.g., the jog dial.  The
48.Nm
49driver provides support for some of these.
50.Pp
51The actual protocol used by the
52.Tn SPIC
53seems to vary a lot between different models; this driver has only
54been tested on the Vaio SRX77.
55.Pp
56The
57.Nm
58driver handles the jog dial and its associated buttons.  They are turned
59into a
60.Nm wsmouse
61which can the be accessed in the normal way.  The jog dial works as a
62scroll button, and clicking it generates a click with the "middle" button.
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr acpi 4 ,
65.Xr wsmouse 4
66.Sh HISTORY
67The
68.Nm
69driver
70appeared in
71.Nx 1.6 .
72.Sh BUGS
73The
74.Nm
75driver only works with some hardware configurations.
76