From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon Feb 18 06:41:50 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@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 DC0EB14F4CE8; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 06:41:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartmann@walstatt.org) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.gmx.net", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1BEE80330; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 06:41:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartmann@walstatt.org) Received: from freyja ([46.88.80.226]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx103 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MQzoI-1gTYBp2bnC-00UGBP; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 07:41:24 +0100 Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 07:41:13 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Cc: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, Mark Millard , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: What is evdev and autoloading? 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Grimes" 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: > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > 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