Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <[email protected]> --- man/wacom.man | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/wacom.man b/man/wacom.man index 31db124..97815b4 100644 --- a/man/wacom.man +++ b/man/wacom.man @@ -20,9 +20,37 @@ The driver functions as a pointer input device. .SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE This driver supports the Wacom IV and Wacom V protocols. Serial tablets only -need this driver. USB tablet support is available on some Linux platforms. -USB tablets needs wacom kernel driver being loaded before this driver starts. -Please check linuxwacom.sf.net for latest updates of Wacom X and kernel drivers. +need this driver. USB tablet support is available on some Linux platforms +and requires the wacom kernel driver being loaded before this driver starts. +Please check http://linuxwacom.sf.net for latest updates of Wacom X and +kernel drivers. +.SH DRIVER-INTERNAL DEVICE HOTPLUGGING +When input device hotplugging in the X server is enabled and no +.B InputDevice +section exists for a compatible tablet device and an +.B InputClass +section (see xorg.conf.d(5x)) assigns this driver for the device, the +.B wacom +driver creates multiple X devices for each a physical device, one X device +for each available tool. The list of tools is hardware-dependent. See +.B Option "Type" +as outlined in the +.B CONFIGURATION DETAILS +section. +.PP +These tool-specific devices are referred to as parent device and dependent +device. The parent device is the one presented by the system and the one +that causes the X server to load the +.B wacom +driver. This parent device then causes the automatic addition of several +dependent devices. If the parent device is unplugged or otherwise removed, +the dependent devices will be automatically removed as well. +.PP +Dependent devices may be assigned tool-specific options through additional +.B InputClass +sections. We recommend that a +.B MatchDriver "wacom" +line is used in these sections in addition to the user-specific pattern. .SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS Please refer to xorg.conf(5x) or xorg.conf.d(5x) for general configuration details and for options that can be used with all input drivers. This -- 1.7.4.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
