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Subject: Re: Turning off HAL for xorg-server
From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com>
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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.




Sam Fourman Jr.