* Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Jun 10. 2008 13:20]: > JP Rosevear wrote: >> Why can't we just send patches for hal upstream that exposes this info >> as hal properties? Or leverage the code in nm-tool which lists the link >> status and driver at least. >> >> -JP >> > > Can anyone explain what is the DeviceKit stuff? and what are the > consequences for this hwinfo -> hal jump?
For DeviceKit see http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-May/011560.html Its mostly HAL-NG (next gen ;-)) For HAL see http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal HAL is more or less 'hwinfo via DBus' with plug-in notifications, mostly driven from a desktop perspective. A lot of tools use HAL to get hardware information nowadays. The request, already a couple of years old, is to 'join forces' with HAL upstream and extend it with hwinfo functionality. Klaus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
