The HAL Spec

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

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I'm about to start implementing Firewire support for HAL for FreeBSD,
and I noticed a big disparity in the HAL spec and what Linux does.  When
I raised this kind of thing a few months ago, I was told to code to the
spec, but I have since noticed many things that Linux does differently
from the spec.

Given that software authors of HAL consumers will most likely be testing
their apps on Linux, they will be coding to what Linux does.  So should
I throw out the spec, and code firewire support the way Linux does, or
should I adhere to the spec?  If I adhere will the Linux backend be
updated to conform to the spec?  If not, will the spec be updated to
match the Linux backend?  Thanks.

Joe

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Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome at FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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