Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 07:41:13 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartmann@walstatt.org> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Cc: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is evdev and autoloading? Message-ID: <20190218074107.7b9afcda@freyja> In-Reply-To: <201902180235.x1I2ZPoZ003279@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <20190218002455.GA98130@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <201902180235.x1I2ZPoZ003279@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:35:25 -0800 (PST) "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > 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. > > > Nor 12-STABLE: root@freyja:/usr/src # man -k evdev apropos: nothing appropriate FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE #290 r344158: Fri Feb 15 14:42:58 CET 2019 amd64 Kind regards, oh
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