Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:24:55 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is evdev and autoloading? Message-ID: <20190218002455.GA98130@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <4135B088-DF13-4867-ABF4-5659D47C8997@yahoo.com> References: <20190217180323.GA95686@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4135B088-DF13-4867-ABF4-5659D47C8997@yahoo.com>
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On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 03:04:41PM -0800, Mark Millard wrote: > > > On 2019-Feb-17, at 10:03, Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > > Anyone have insight into what evdev is? There appears to > be no manual page. When I reboot a system with custom > kernel, the system is autoloading evdev.ko, uhid.ko, and > wmt.ko. I do not need nor what these modules loaded. > How does one prevent this autoloading? > > Looking via the web lead to: > > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=evdev&apropos=0&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+12.0-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html > So: > > NAME > evdev - Generic Linux input driver > > DESCRIPTION > > evdev is an Xorg input driver for Linux's generic event devices. It > therefore supports all input devices that the kernel knows about, > including most mice, keyboards, tablets and touchscreens. evdev > is the default driver on the major Linux distributions. > . . . > > > > but it seems to not have a 13-current entry. It does have > a 12.0-RELEASE entry. > Thanks. Kinda odd that freebsd-current doesn't have a manual page, but FreeBSD-12 does. I have a wireless logitech mouse. It seems that the wireless USB dongle is causing the load of the modules. I still understand why as ums(4) does not should a dependency on uhid, wmt, or evdev. -- Steve 20170425 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWUpyCsUKR4 20161221 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbCHE-hONow
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