What is evdev and autoloading?

[Johannes Lundberg]

On 2/18/19 11:06 AM, Stefan Blachmann wrote:
> On 2/18/19, Vladimir Kondratyev <vladimir at kondratyev.su> wrote:
>> On 2019-02-17 21:03, Steve Kargl wrote:
>>> 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.
> And libinput was created by the Freedesktop Wayland team to create
> pressure on OS people to make their systems Wayland-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
> Shouldn't the EVDEV_SUPPORT default be off on FreeBSD anyway, as well
> as libinput not be part of the standard packages?

Evdev with libinput provide things like, multitouch gestures, horizontal
scrolling, touchpad support, etc, i.e. functionality that one might
expect from a laptop or desktop computer newer than 10 years,  also for X11.

Having it enabled by default doesn't force you to use it but it makes it
a whole lot easier for all of those who want to use it. Please try to
consider what is the best middle ground for ALL users. If you have a
special application for FreeBSD you're probably building your own kernel
anyway and it is easy to disable if needed. Most normal (and especially
new to FreeBSD) desktop/laptop users use stock kernel and would benefit
from having access to this functionality.

Cheers

> The Freedesktop Wayland team consists of people with the Kay Sievers
> mentality, which made Linus Torvalds ban his contributions. They do
> not care about the bugs they introduce, forcing others to clean up the
> mess they create.
>
> I'd be glad if FreeBSD would keep clean of following that Wayland fad...
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