On 2019-Feb-17, at 18:35, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-rwg at 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 The URL I listed (below) is to www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query. . . and I looked at the page's content before sending the message. That is how I got the text that I quoted. (It is from section 4 "special files".) The freeBSD manpage servers might provide more man pages than are installed? >>> >>> 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_at_t400:~ % man evdev > No manual entry for evdev > rgrimes_at_t400:~ % man -k evdev > apropos: nothing appropriate > rgrimes_at_t400:~ % uname -a > FreeBSD t400.dnsmgr.net 12.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE GENERIC amd64 > rgrimes_at_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. > === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com ( dsl-only.net went away in early 2018-Mar)Received on Mon Feb 18 2019 - 07:49:59 UTC
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