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## 3.1. Summary of Supported Mouse Protocol Types

                                    Protocol Types
                    serial     PnP     BusMouse    PS/2   Extended PS/2
    OS platforms   protocols  serial   protocol  protocol  protocols
                              "Auto"  "BusMouse"  "PS/2"   "xxxPS/2"
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
    BSD/OS            Ok        ?         ?         ?         ?
    FreeBSD           Ok        Ok        Ok        Ok        SP*1
    FreeBSD(98)       Ok        ?         Ok        NA        NA
    Interactive Unix  Ok        NA        ?*1       ?*1       NA
    Linux             Ok        Ok        Ok        Ok        Ok
    Linux/98          Ok        ?         Ok        NA        NA
    LynxOS            Ok        NA        Ok        Ok        NA
    NetBSD            Ok        Ok        Ok        SP*1      NA
    NetBSD/pc98       Ok        ?         Ok        NA        NA
    OpenBSD           Ok        Ok        Ok        Ok*1      NA
    OS/2              SP*2      SP*2      SP*2      SP*2      SP*2
    SCO               Ok        ?         SP*1      SP*1      NA
    Solaris 2.x       Ok        NA*1      ?*1       Ok        NA
    SVR4              Ok        NA*1      SP*1      SP*1      NA
    PANIX             Ok        ?         SP*1      SP*1      NA

    Ok: support is available,  NA: not available, ?: untested or unknown.
    SP: support is available in a different form

    *1 Refer to the following sections for details.
    *2 XFree86/OS2 will support any type of mouse that the OS supports,
       whether it is serial, bus mouse, or PnP type.

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