From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Mon Feb 18 00:02:35 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 1923C14E6DF1; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:02:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vladimir@kondratyev.su) Received: from corp.infotel.ru (corp.infotel.ru [195.170.219.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 484828FD7B; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:02:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vladimir@kondratyev.su) Received: from corp (corp.infotel.ru [195.170.219.3]) by corp.infotel.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B35629872; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:02:20 +0300 (MSK) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at corp.infotel.ru Received: from corp.infotel.ru ([195.170.219.3]) by corp (corp.infotel.ru [195.170.219.3]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gRULRRqO6ry2; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:02:18 +0300 (MSK) Received: from mail.cicgroup.ru (unknown [195.170.219.74]) by corp.infotel.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC90F29868; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:02:17 +0300 (MSK) Received: from mail.cicgroup.ru (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cicgroup.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 514A742211F; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:02:17 +0300 (MSK) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cicgroup.ru Received: from mail.cicgroup.ru ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.cicgroup.ru (mail.cicgroup.ru [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with SMTP id HrUP0QtqBWQW; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:02:14 +0300 (MSK) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cicgroup.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4B70242211C; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:02:14 +0300 (MSK) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:02:13 +0300 From: Vladimir Kondratyev To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is evdev and autoloading? In-Reply-To: <20190217180323.GA95686@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20190217180323.GA95686@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Message-ID: <71aa0ee09292b0e8648e385de33c455f@kondratyev.su> X-Sender: vladimir@kondratyev.su User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.5 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 484828FD7B X-Spamd-Bar: +++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.86 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[6]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.69)[0.694,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[kondratyev.su]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.81)[0.813,0]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mail.kondratyev.su]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.36)[0.363,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8299, ipnet:195.170.192.0/19, country:RU]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[country: RU(0.00)] 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 00:02:35 -0000 On 2019-02-17 21:03, Steve Kargl 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? > Anyone have insight into what evdev is? evdev.ko is a small in-kernel library that makes all your input events like keyboard presses libinput-compatible. > I do not need nor what these modules loaded. I think removing "option EVDEV_SUPPORT" from your kernel config should disable most of evdev.ko dependencies -- WBR Vladimir Kondratyev