Randy: > I'll admit I am not that knowlegable on D-Bus API's and > interactions, but there appears to be a deprecation of HAL in favor of > new things, including ConsoleKit. And somehow, it appears to not be > the hardware abstraction which is going away, but a specific set of > bits (or maybe some changing of the API's). Maybe what I need (and > possibly other reviewers) is some overall picture of how this will all > play in (Open)Solaris and how other services or applications might and > do interact. It will certainly help in the evolution of Power > Management usability.
Here are some links to external sites that do a good job of explaining this change from a Linux perspective. http://blogs.sun.com/jeffcai/entry/device_kit_will_replace_hal http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DeviceKit Brian
