On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Xavier <shiningxc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:40 PM, <hollunder@xxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Anyway hal is dead : >>> http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2009/Notes?highlight=%28hal%29|%28udev%29#head-75cccc4e4968dd043dcf2166dff61afd7d0d06c5 >>> But since that functionality is definitely needed, it will have to be >>> replaced.. somehow. >> >> >> Isn't that somehow going to be device-kit? >> If so, we won't get rid of dbus. >> > > It looks like devicekit has -disk and -power but not -input. And what > Xorg would need is the non-existing -input, so it cannot use > devicekit. > > Besides it looks like some xorg devels are a bit annoyed by the big > mess and endless renaming/overhaul of these projects : hal -> > devicekit -power/-disk -> upower/udisk ? > http://paste.debian.net/52931 > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/DeviceKit > You might also find more information on devicekit ML. > > Anyway, as the xorg wiki above points out, and as Jan mentioned in > another thread, Xorg will probably just use libudev directly on Linux > : http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2009-December/009283.html > > And some further clarification : > > 18:41 < alanc> right now, Xorg uses HAL for two things: > 1) an OS independent way of finding input devices and getting notified > of hotplugs, > 2) configuration data for those devices > 18:42 < jcristau> > 1) is going to become os-dependent, > and 2) should eventually be possible through xorg.conf.d > 18:42 < alanc> for task #1, HAL will be replaced by OS-dependent code > - libudev on Linux, libsysevent on Solaris, whatever HAL called on > BSD/other OS'es for those OS'es xorg.conf.d sounds neat. Considering how good Xorg is now at autodetecting things, I imagine one could add small files to change things like ServerFlags without touching anything else. Are there any design docs on xorg.conf.d anywhere?
