Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:35:25 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu Cc: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is evdev and autoloading? Message-ID: <201902180235.x1I2ZPoZ003279@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <20190218002455.GA98130@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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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:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
web lies
> >
> > 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.
rgrimes@t400:~ % man evdev
No manual entry for evdev
rgrimes@t400:~ % man -k evdev
apropos: nothing appropriate
rgrimes@t400:~ % uname -a
FreeBSD t400.dnsmgr.net 12.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE GENERIC amd64
rgrimes@t400:~ %
There is no man page for evdev in 12.0-RELEASE
>
> 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.
>
--
Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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