From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Mon Feb 18 02:48:24 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D31114EF587 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:48:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) Received: from outbound3d.ore.mailhop.org (outbound3d.ore.mailhop.org [54.186.57.195]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8FEC8701C5 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:48:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1550458068; cv=none; d=outbound.mailhop.org; s=arc-outbound20181012; b=CYMmLxDVrlwuFzB+5aKO4pQJvhLHmBiNIfvNfUajjAjSWfmH3tbgjtgbG7IU4jZ9aqor/EmziuUfx MHWWX6Iq/JdB4GJwzwPpsS6BrecKFbWgxVc9EGUlBTZdfWnThJHFkh0xgKMPHoajw6pi6OvBOPfunM M7SnlG0HKb7uIOWfpQTIRLc43HGfKPhPmVX8KJN5yknHfDL8h/vqo0U7m3zx8FY64rW/LsGwbs7W4r 6e537jiLJjOW+dRFPsX94XBviohUmEzark+qYaiEXC1Mn50IZ9JRgkBQG3W6KBMp0Uo3x8bhWPBH// erWyzEJCSGOnzAsN2vj1xDb5mRf1GKQ== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=outbound.mailhop.org; s=arc-outbound20181012; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:content-type:references:in-reply-to: date:cc:to:from:subject:message-id:dkim-signature:from; bh=tYHoTWYUpCvxFjKF3TSvaLdLO7g0F4Vuf1+bF111Qpk=; b=g5KAMDS1FSYA3vAt+xi0TfAdrP3CsnzHtgI6ROh4IvQZG68+DsypavMS1pKD99iUQ+nOQ1Fb8k1XJ IgQePa+PRv2VS5/IXyvQoxQ+n8RDepYSPwUPpCCVVMnxmYnryexFCFFN+bKPSNUIZBi3cOSKycBsxv sWBmXjGc3kcI7Aa4TISplQaeKKBQkh+ks2qAM2niFvZqFJV7crfAjFY35EmuhNlItcISk6wXOM1vng 3RzjkYur9nVOU6fPNVMkVM2p3cfV1pZ9Js/R4irLt7mOH3gNnSWf5xx49pIx2EqS+YdtkxVkYCOWCB qWy5zMKPFkw2zoDW43j7cawbDvglzug== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; outbound3.ore.mailhop.org; spf=softfail smtp.mailfrom=freebsd.org smtp.remote-ip=67.177.211.60; dmarc=none header.from=freebsd.org; arc=none header.oldest-pass=0; DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=outbound.mailhop.org; s=dkim-high; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:content-type:references:in-reply-to: date:cc:to:from:subject:message-id:from; bh=tYHoTWYUpCvxFjKF3TSvaLdLO7g0F4Vuf1+bF111Qpk=; b=KsxIBWssZZU56bwqNS3Rp78oQSsnN7gpzzeVQ0CTOUH3uRl+O2FZk3NrgCgf5B+wm9E2Qvn32v4DH oOfikd4MXnNonVrgF3QboeBuqRgJ8/Ekwgj3SdeWEt8eQK6r3C0Mh/qEFBfzIuwcMiGVu1ellCHwZv EolPZ3zbhuZoYqVC6S4muslIXoREAur8nz5Ba+FbP2dkTIcW1G3vvgBhKXU2oqNiaGlWDDfFGb4Jze u9S2BVymCq4EHbwlFKsvqtYD2Zev5NdtyAyHI4JOfa1NIRus+NeC5sdHy2MWHc6ZsEOO7Un5hWCUmV 1AsbeBC1g6XfQz3KVzPRsH4ppLLcGQA== X-MHO-RoutePath: aGlwcGll X-MHO-User: 92488d09-3327-11e9-9789-75353a1f43cf X-Report-Abuse-To: https://support.duocircle.com/support/solutions/articles/5000540958-duocircle-standard-smtp-abuse-information X-Originating-IP: 67.177.211.60 X-Mail-Handler: DuoCircle Outbound SMTP Received: from ilsoft.org (unknown [67.177.211.60]) by outbound3.ore.mailhop.org (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 92488d09-3327-11e9-9789-75353a1f43cf; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:47:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rev (rev [172.22.42.240]) by ilsoft.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x1I2mJ3s076432; Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:48:19 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <221bcaeb995b085058513323980315b68cd3190f.camel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is evdev and autoloading? From: Ian Lepore To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu Cc: FreeBSD Current , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:48:19 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20190218002455.GA98130@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20190217180323.GA95686@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4135B088-DF13-4867-ABF4-5659D47C8997@yahoo.com> <20190218002455.GA98130@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.28.5 FreeBSD GNOME Team Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 8FEC8701C5 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.99 / 15.00]; local_wl_from(0.00)[freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.988,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16509, ipnet:54.186.0.0/15, country:US] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:48:24 -0000 On Sun, 2019-02-17 at 16:24 -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 03:04:41PM -0800, Mark Millard wrote: > > > > > > On 2019-Feb-17, at 10:03, Steve Kargl > 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 kn > > ows 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. > That manpage you found online is in section 4x. It probably gets installed along with the xf86-input-evdev package. -- Ian