NAME

hsctrl —

HID system controls driver

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device hsctrl
device hid
device hidbus
device hidmap
device evdev

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

hsctrl_load="YES"

The hsctrl driver provides support for HID system controls most often used as "Power off/Sleep keys" found on many keyboards.

The /dev/input/event* device presents the consumer page controls as a evdev type device.

The following variable is available as both sysctl(8) variable and loader(8) tunable:

dev.hsctrl.X.debug: Debug output level, where 0 is debugging disabled and larger values increase debug message verbosity. Default is 0.

It default value is set with loader(8) tunable:

The hsctrl driver first appeared in FreeBSD 13.0.

The hsctrl driver was written by Vladimir Kondratyev <wulf@FreeBSD.org>.