What is evdev and autoloading?

[Vladimir Kondratyev]

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

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Vladimir Kondratyev