Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:06:06 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: none Message-ID: <44fvyv8t7l.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <20130412144341.0362e296@scorpio> (jerry@seibercom.net's message of "Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:43:41 -0400") References: <20130412105044.DGJ71030@ms5.mc.surewest.net> <447gk7aahp.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <20130412144341.0362e296@scorpio>
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Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> writes: > On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:07:30 -0400 > Lowell Gilbert articulated: No, I didn't. It was part of an attachment in my message. >> You'll need to run -CURRENT instead of 9.1, and all the caveats that >> apply. You'll also need the special HAL that hasn't yet been commited >> to -CURRENT. There are instructions on the freebsd-wireless mailing >> list. I'm using that exact card right now. > > Really off-topic, but HAL is now deprecated on many modern systems. Why > is FreeBSD continuing to use it? It is being replaced by "udev". You > would think that FreeBSD-10 would be a perfect time to put HAL to bed > and take a more modern approach. udev is tightly tied to the Linux kernel. I understand why you would refer to Linux as "many modern systems," but it's really not available on anything non-Linux, and it's so tightly tied to the Linux kernel device implementation that there's no reasonable way it could be.
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