diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 05cdf92625..c0b48414ec 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2008-08-11 Stefan Kost + + * docs/manual/advanced-interfaces.xml: + Turn thoughts about HAL into a note-tag. Remove mentioning that is + only used to discover devices. + 2008-08-07 Tim-Philipp Müller Patch by: Frederic Crozat diff --git a/docs/manual/advanced-interfaces.xml b/docs/manual/advanced-interfaces.xml index 89d5b6e63b..1ef791b811 100644 --- a/docs/manual/advanced-interfaces.xml +++ b/docs/manual/advanced-interfaces.xml @@ -104,18 +104,20 @@ The property probe is a way to autodetect allowed values for a - GObject property. It's primary use (and - the only thing that we currently use it for) is to autodetect - devices in several elements. For example, the OSS elements use - this interface to detect all OSS devices on a system. Applications - can then probe this property and get a list of - detected devices. Given the overlap between HAL and the practical - implementations of this interface, this might in time be deprecated - in favour of HAL. + GObject property. It's primary use is to autodetect + devices in several elements. For example, the OSS elements use this + interface to detect all OSS devices on a system. Applications can then + probe this property and get a list of detected devices. + + + Given the overlap between HAL and the practical implementations of this + interface, this might in time be deprecated in favour of HAL. + + This interface is currently implemented by many elements, including - the ALSA, OSS, Video4linux and Video4linux2 elements. + the ALSA, OSS, XVImageSink, Video4linux and Video4linux2 elements.