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.
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