HAL parallel startup patch for 1.6?

[Robert C. Noland III]

On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 10:42 -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> Peter asked on IRC whether I wanted the "HAL startup patch" in 1.6. If
> it's this one:
> 
>    config: if we can't connect to HAL, listen for a startup notification.
>     
>     If HAL isn't available when we try to connect, the registered NameOwnerChanged
>     signal handler waits until HAL is available. Once we connected to HAL, we
>     unregister the signal handler again.
>     This allows HAL to be started in parallel or after the server has started.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> 
> then I think the answer is yes. Can I get someone to take a look at this
> and see whether there are any concerns about this patch?

I've already applied this to FreeBSD' 1.5.3 release with no negative
impacts, only goodness.  It is running in the wild already, so I would
like to see it in 1.6 so I can drop the patch.

robert.

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