Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:09:08 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11 <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Turning off HAL for xorg-server Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411160806330.93232@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOFF%2BZ1yEWcGOP0hNX4TjD3VE8xGc6z3E_Hg3TiN366r=0YYZg@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411151909060.24432@wonkity.com> <CAOFF%2BZ1yEWcGOP0hNX4TjD3VE8xGc6z3E_Hg3TiN366r=0YYZg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2014, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > xorg-server no longer requires HAL. When can we turn the HAL option off in the port? > > > Last I checked the non hal option was labeled Experimental, has this status changed? > I am also not clear on what config changes I would make to test out the non hal way of doing things. It's not an either/or situation. The DEVD option lets input devices be discovered by devd, but is not required. I've been running with HAL turned off for years, and have never bothered turning on the DEVD option. Hot-plugging USB mice and keyboards still works without either option on my 10-STABLE systems. From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 16 15:10:30 2014 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B9354D4 for <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:10:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 072441C1 for <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:10:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id sAGFAScc094969 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:10:28 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id sAGFASnr094966; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:10:28 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:10:28 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: Turning off HAL for xorg-server In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411161332250.55796@localhost> Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411160809140.93232@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411151909060.24432@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411161332250.55796@localhost> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:10:28 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support <freebsd-x11.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-x11>, <mailto:freebsd-x11-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-x11-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11>, <mailto:freebsd-x11-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:10:30 -0000 On Sun, 16 Nov 2014, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > On Sun, 16 Nov 2014, the wise Warren Block wrote: > >> xorg-server no longer requires HAL. When can we turn the HAL option off in >> the port? > > You can already. I've turned it off a long time ago and it works fine. HAL is > also unset in my make.conf. I mean to have the HAL option off by default in the port.
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