George Fazio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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.
The hints aren't generated automatically, so there's no reason to
think a module disable would be in place unless someone found it
useful. If you find it useful, then feel free to write the code and
submit it.
--
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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