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.\"
.Dd May 20, 2002
.Dt SPIC 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm spic
.Nd Sony Programmable I/O Controller device driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "device spic"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver allows using
.Xr moused 8
to drive the Sony Vaio Jogdial device found on several Sony Vaio models.
It works by mapping the forward, backwards, up, and down inputs to
.Dq l ,
.Dq r ,
.Dq u ,
and
.Dq d ,
respectively.
From that a program reading the Jogdial can decide what to do.
Some actions might include scrolling, mimicking mouse buttons, launching
applications, or other useful things.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr moused 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 4.6 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Nick Sayer Aq nsayer@FreeBSD.org
.An Will Andrews Aq will@FreeBSD.org
