misc TODOs for HAL

[Richard Hughes]

These all sound good to me. I'm just waiting for the new addons code to
settle down, then we can all start working on Brightness() method for my
LCD panel :-) FWIW it's the only thing I have to use root on a console
on my laptop.

Richard Hughes

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 23:44:52 +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote:

> Heya,
> 
> I have a couple of ideas for things to do in hal, and wanted a bit of
> guidance on some items.
> 
> Bluetooth:
> - adding support for bluetooth (bluetooth_class_device a-la
> net_class_device) (that I think I can figure out)
> - adding a callout to start the "bluetooth" service when a bluetooth
> device is started (at which level should this be added)
> 
> Brightness controls:
> Plenty of different ways to do this depending on the machines/laptops
> (pmu for PowerMacs, sonypi for VAIOs, etc.). As the screen doesn't show
> up in HAL, just where should I add this in the HAL device tree?
> I'd really like to get rid of the special-case code that's in the
> gnome-settings-daemon to do this properly where it belongs (in HAL)
> 
> Disabling/enabling wireless devices:
> Again, this is different depending on the type of wireless card in the
> machine. The ipw2200 driver for example allows this by changing a sysfs
> entry (setting /sys/module/ipw2200/disable to 1).
> How do I make this available via HAL without adding too much special
> casing in the code?
> 
> Cheers


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