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"    USB
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BSD/OS            Ok        ?         ?         ?         ?          ?
FreeBSD           Ok        Ok        Ok        Ok        SP*1       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      SP*1       SP*1
NetBSD/pc98       Ok        ?         Ok        NA        NA         NA
OpenBSD           Ok        Ok        Ok        Ok*1      OK*1       OK*1
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.