Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:48:19 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is evdev and autoloading? Message-ID: <221bcaeb995b085058513323980315b68cd3190f.camel@freebsd.org> 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>
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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 <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: > > > > 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
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