[Bug 255259] iwm wireless module alway automatically load

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Li-Wen Hsu <***@FreeBSD.org> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Li-Wen Hsu <***@FreeBSD.org> ---
This is because of devmatch(8) is taking effect. If you don't like this
behavior, try putting devmatch_enable="NO" to /etc/rc.conf .

BTW, it's recommended to use mailing list to ask questions, for example,
https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

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Mina Galić <***@igalic.co> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Mina Galić <***@igalic.co> ---
(In reply to Li-Wen Hsu from comment #1)
that sounds like a big Hammer, when a smaller one is available in the form of
the undocumented

devmatch_blacklist="iwm.ko"

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--- Comment #3 from Li-Wen Hsu <***@FreeBSD.org> ---
(In reply to Mina Galić from comment #2)
Thanks for the tip. It's documented in rc.conf(5)

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Chris Hutchinson <***@bsdforge.com> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Chris Hutchinson <***@bsdforge.com> ---
(In reply to Mina Galić from comment #2)
There's also iwm_load="NO". Isn't there?

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--- Comment #5 from Mina Galić <***@igalic.co> ---
(In reply to Chris Hutchinson from comment #4)
that's for loader.conf, and it's the default anyway, and it doesn't prevent
devmatch from loading it.

devmatch_blacklist="iwm.ko"

should, and if it doesn't, that's a bug that needs to be addressed

your next workaround then would be to rename or remove the module and rerun
service kldxref.