[PATCH xf86-input-joystick] man: point out that the joystick module is not a joystick driver
Peter Hutterer
peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Mon Oct 1 21:40:05 PDT 2012
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
---
man/joystick.man | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/joystick.man b/man/joystick.man
index 9f38ceb..274e4c5 100644
--- a/man/joystick.man
+++ b/man/joystick.man
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ Snipped for xorg.conf.d(5):
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B joystick
-is an __xservername__ input driver for Joysticks. There are 3 backends available that are used in the following order, if support was found:
+is an __xservername__ input driver for controlling the pointer with a
+joystick device. It is
+.B not a joystick driver for games,
+the
+.B evdev
+driver will suffice for those in most cases.
+There are 3 backends available that are used in the following order, if support was found:
.nf
.B - Linux's evdev interface
--
1.7.11.4
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