https://wiki.videolan.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Documentation%3AModules%2Fhal 2026-11-04T22:52:15Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.11 https://wiki.videolan.org/index.php?title=Documentation:Modules/hal&diff=61616&oldid=prev 2019-05-28T07:39:39Z

<p>Create page marked up/adapted from source code/changelog</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Module|name=hal|type=Services discovery|first_version=0.8.2|last_version=1.1.13|os=Linux|description=[[wikipedia:HAL (software)|HAL]] devices detection|sc=none}}<br /> <br /> This module was removed because it is no longer needed; it was used on *nix systems before the advent of [[wikipedia:udev|udev]].<br /> {{Clear}}<br /> <br /> It was removed with this note:<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> HAL is officially deprecated. The new udev discs module provide the same<br /> functionality in VLC. Moreover, the plugin was waking up the CPU at<br /> regular intervals. Last, InitDeviceValues seemed to cause problems with<br /> wrong disc paths being saved to vlcrc for some people<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> == Options ==<br /> None.<br /> <br /> == Source code ==<br /> * [https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-0.8.git;a=blob;f=modules/services_discovery/hal.c;h=9ee9e9aa659dfa5f283b28cc971eab622a7c9052;hb=8b61d4ef6120a68ea9e4dd3865d6a35d11965e2c &amp;#x5B;9ee9e9aa659dfa5f283b28cc971eab622a7c9052&amp;#x5D;] (introduction)<br /> * {{VLCSourceFile|p=vlc/vlc-0.8.git|modules/services_discovery/hal.c}}<br /> * {{VLCSourceFile|p=vlc/vlc-0.9.git|modules/services_discovery/hal.c}}<br /> * {{VLCSourceFile|p=vlc/vlc-1.0.git|modules/services_discovery/hal.c}}<br /> * [https://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-1.1.git;a=commitdiff;h=0565b5c2e5062b41e6e1d2b441724899bfdcf38d &amp;#x5B;0565b5c2e5062b41e6e1d2b441724899bfdcf38d&amp;#x5D;] (removal)<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal/ freedesktop.org - hal]<br /> <br /> {{Documentation}}</div>

DoesItReallyMatter