device.hints question
George Fazio
george at n3gqf.net
Sat Jul 9 01:48:21 GMT 2005
I was installing apcupsd with an APC USB UPS, and found that I needed to
disable the uhid driver. The instructions on the apcupsd site
specifically say to recompile the kernel. But, I try to keep my kernel
as generic as possible, so I tried entering the following line into the
device.hints file.
hint.uhid.0.disabled="1"
This did not work, and I'm not sure if it's a syntax issue on my part,
or if disabling this driver via device.hints is just not supported. I
did a web search for information on device.hints and uhid, but did not
find anything specific. Recompiling with a custom kernconf worked, and
everything is up and running.. But, I'm interested in a little bit of
background on why the device hint did not work. If anyone has a quick
answer great. Like I said, everything is working, so it's not like I
need an answer. But, I'm still fairly new to Unix and FreeBSD, and
trying to learn the why behind how things work. So, any information
would be helpful.
Thanks a bunch,
George
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