If xorg directly uses udev there is nothing better than that. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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? >
