Um, you are using the HAL weather you want to or not, it's not really an option!
The HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER with respect to good ol linux happens to be your kernel and it's drivers. The bare metal registers within which all those bits are moved is called the hardware; all those configuration files and source you compile is considered the software, anything that creates the transparency between the two is refereed to as the HAL (In windows 98 it was a single DLL file), in Linux it's the source code and binaries of the kernel and drivers, all modern computers regardless of low level arch have a HAL. Regards, Hazen. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > Helmut Jarausch <jarausch <at> igpm.rwth-aachen.de> writes: > > >> having had some problems with recent xorg version my question is >> what are the benefits (if any) of building packages with the 'hal' >> use flag (i.e. adding 'hal' to US='...' in /etc/make.conf) > > > This link is short and reasonable. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_(software) > > > Hardware Abstraction Layer is a buzz term that means > many different things to many different hardware > designers who need software to make their designs > complete. > > > hth, > > James > > > > > > -- Hazen Valliant-Saunders IT/IS Consultant (613) 355-5977
