Hal and Xorg output devices

[Alan Coopersmith]

Jon Smirl wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:14:13 +0200 (IST), Ely Levy
> <elylevy-xserver at cs.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> 
>>After getting a bit more info I think I can make my email clearer,
>>I think that a big step in hardware handling in Xorg can be done by
>>moving output devices into hal instead of xorg.conf.
>>I see the following isues
> 
> 
> Do we want to do this for the current X server? Or would it be better
> to spend the effort on the new fbdev/DRM XGL base layer? In the
> fbdev/DRM model mode setting and monitor config is managed at a much
> lower level.
> 

Which method works on OS'es that are not Linux?   Isn't the fbdev
work specific to the Linux kernel?

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