HMT(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

💖 hmt(4) — Kernel Interfaces Manual, but make it cute 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to hmt(4) from the Kernel Interfaces Manual — yes, the manual name is folded right in here, no cap ✨ this page is literally about the MS Windows 7/8/10 - compatible HID multi-touch device driver, and it's giving “laptop touchscreen support main character energy” 💅

✨ NAME ✨

hmt — MS Windows 7/8/10 - compatible HID multi-touch device driver

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

okay so to compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines into your kernel configuration file, fr fr:

device hmt
device hidbus
device hid
device hconf
device evdev

alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

hmt_load="YES"

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

the hmt driver provides support for the MS Windows 7/8/10 - compatible HID multi-touch devices found in many laptops. like, that's its whole vibe — it's the touchy-feely hardware whisperer 🫶

to get the multi-touch device working in X(7) (ports/x11/xorg-docs), install ports/x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev — that's the move, bestie 💅

🎀 FILES 🎀

hmt creates a pseudo-device file, /dev/input/eventX, which presents the multi-touch device as an input event device. yes, that exact path — iconic, lowkey essential 🦋

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the hmt driver was written by Vladimir Kondratyev <wulf@FreeBSD.org> — we stan a legend 💜

💀 BUGS 💀

hmt cannot act like sysmouse(4) — that's the bug note, and it's literally right there, no cap 😭

and the cute little footer sign-off? that's Debian, August 11, 2020, and HMT(4) at the very end — bye bestie, go touch some multi-touch pixels 🫶✨

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