UBCMTP(4)
π UBCMTP(4) β bestie's guide to the Broadcom trackpad driver π¦
okay so welcome to ubcmtp(4), from the Kernel Interfaces Manual β yes we're in the kernel section, we're fancy now β¨
π NAME π
ubcmtp β the Broadcom trackpad mouse driver, and yes it's exactly as iconic as it sounds π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
ubcmtp* at uhub?
wsmouse* at ubcmtp? mux 0
that's it. that's the whole vibe. two lines, one trackpad, zero drama π«Ά
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
so the ubcmtp driver is the one that literally provides support for Broadcom multi-touch trackpads β the kind you find on newer Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air laptops π»β¨
like, it's the thing that makes your trackpad, y'know, a trackpad and not a very smooth piece of plastic. main character energy fr fr π
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
uhub(4)β the USB hub, the whole reason your devices even show upusb(4)β the USB subsystem, the blueprint of it allwsmouse(4)β the mouse layer, where your cursor actually lives
iykyk, go read them, they're lowkey important π
β HISTORY β
the ubcmtp driver first appeared in OpenBSD 5.5 β yes, a real vintage moment, we stan a legacy icon π
π AUTHORS π
the ubcmtp driver was written by joshua stein <jcs@openbsd.org> β absolute legend behaviour, no cap π
π₯
ngl bestie, this one's short and sweet β but read it carefully, every line counts π
and that's the whole page π this edition came from Debian, dated August 21, 2020, and you just finished UBCMTP(4) β slay, go touch your trackpad respectfully π§β¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: cvs-export
- Copyright (c) 2014, joshua stein <jcs@openbsd.org>
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms