On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 00:42 +0200, Nicolò Chieffo wrote: > Ok I've submitted a new spec and proposed it for "uds-mtv" meeting (ok > let's hope it will be discussed) > > https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/wireless-framework > > please help me in doing some good work!
Why not just fix the drivers in the kernel? For instance, ACPI hotkeys, which have notoriously been a pain in the a$$ for userspace now is switching to the input framework so that we get sane userspace events [1]. This is a good move. Fix the wireless drivers to properly expose the wireless extensions for iwconfig[2], or expose them in sysfs if per-device options are required. See my many posts on per-device power management DBUS methods for HAL. The LED's also have a new kernel class [3], that more and more stuff will use, which means that hardware should automatically Do The Right Thing. I don't think another abstraction layer is needed, and that's coming from a HAL programmer. :-) Richard Hughes. [1] http://www.gatago.com/linux/kernel/11320074.html [2] http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html [3] http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/leds-class.txt -- laptop-testing-team mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/laptop-testing-team
