hal-compat32: hal-compat32 (The HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer) hal-compat32: hal-compat32: HAL is a piece of software that provides a view of the various hal-compat32: hardware attached to a system. HAL keeps detailed metadata for each hal-compat32: piece of hardware and provides hooks so that system and desktop hal-compat32: software can react to changes in the hardware configuration (such as hal-compat32: the insertion of a DVD, or a USB flash memory stick). hal-compat32: hal-compat32: For more info, see: http://hal.freedesktop.org/ hal-compat32: hal-compat32: This package contains 32-bit compatibility binaries.