Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 04:36:21 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HAL must die! Message-ID: <AANLkTim_%2BZJ__dHF1i7NbAvbN65b8RNPo%2Bik=O5A9cot@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103071048200.903@abbf.onfvpvfc.arg> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103061251530.95312@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <il2qar$ka1$1@dough.gmane.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103071048200.903@abbf.onfvpvfc.arg>
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On 7 March 2011 19:44, Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Ivan Voras wrote: > >> On 06/03/2011 19:56, Lars Eighner wrote: >>> >>> Using the -C switch with portupgrade, I am managing to turn WITH_HAL of= f >>> in >>> ports that I install or upgrade. Is there a way to make this a global >>> default? >>> >>> Is there a (convenient) way to list ports that might pull in HAL withou= t >>> having a configuration switch? >> >> Um, why exactly are so many people against HAL? > > It breaks my mouse and keyboard. =C2=A0I assume it would break other stuf= f if I > had esoteric devices. > with HAL =3D nothing works > without HAL =3D everything works Interesting, I had 0 problems with HAL ever since it was made. >> It's the only cross-platform thing available for non-Linux systems which >> handles device enumeration, hotplugs, etc. >> > > I'm not running a cross-platform. =C2=A0I'm running FreeBSD. =C2=A0There = were native > FreeBSD solutions to hotplugging the devices I use before HAL. Good luck with running your FreeBSD with FreeBSD-only applications :)
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