| Name : hal
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| Version : 0.5.8_git20061106
| Vendor : SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
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| Release : 31.3
| Date : 2007-05-25 19:10:16
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| Group : System/Daemons
| Source RPM : hal-0.5.8_git20061106-31.3.src.rpm
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| Size : 1.92 MB
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| Packager : http://bugs_opensuse_org
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| Summary : Daemon for Collecting Hardware Information
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Description :
HAL is a hardware abstraction layer and aims to provide a live list of
devices present in the system at any point in time. HAL tries to
understand both physical devices (such as PCI and USB) and the device
classes (such as input, net, and block) physical devices have and it
allows merging of information from device info files specific to a
device.
HAL provides a network API through D-BUS for querying devices and
notifying when things change. Finally, HAL provides some monitoring (in
an unintrusive way) of devices. Presently, ethernet link detection and
volume mounts are monitored.
This, and more, is all described in the HAL specification.
Authors:
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Danny Kukawka < danny.kukawkaAATTweb.de>
Kay Sievers < kay.sieversAATTvrfy.org>
Joe Shaw < joeshawAATTnovell.com>
David Zeuthen < davidAATTfubar.dk>
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