[Bug 223109] x11-servers/xorg-server: Fix broken vmmouse detection

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            Bug ID: 223109
           Summary: x11-servers/xorg-server: Fix broken vmmouse detection
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: x11 at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: thellstrom at vmware.com
          Assignee: x11 at FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(x11 at FreeBSD.org)

Created attachment 187303
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Replacement patch-config_devd.c with automatic vmmouse detection

Vmmouse detection has never worked with devd and hence, vmmouse has been more
or less useless since at least FreeBSD 10.3.

I've implemented a fix in the devd config backend. It's not super clean, but
given the version of the devd config backend that's upstream, I guess this will
do for now.

Please review for security since we're calling an external application
(vmmouse_detect) as root. The utility vmmouse_detect is part of the
xf86-input-vmmouse package / port.

Also if possible, please include in all maintained freebsd versions.

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