Jerry <je...@seibercom.net> writes: > On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:07:30 -0400 > Lowell Gilbert articulated:
No, I didn't. It was part of an attachment in my message. >> You'll need to run -CURRENT instead of 9.1, and all the caveats that >> apply. You'll also need the special HAL that hasn't yet been commited >> to -CURRENT. There are instructions on the freebsd-wireless mailing >> list. I'm using that exact card right now. > > Really off-topic, but HAL is now deprecated on many modern systems. Why > is FreeBSD continuing to use it? It is being replaced by "udev". You > would think that FreeBSD-10 would be a perfect time to put HAL to bed > and take a more modern approach. udev is tightly tied to the Linux kernel. I understand why you would refer to Linux as "many modern systems," but it's really not available on anything non-Linux, and it's so tightly tied to the Linux kernel device implementation that there's no reasonable way it could be. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
