> Hi, Martin > > Isn't there a central FOSS repository of USB data already? > http://www.linux-usb.org/ > http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ > > but see: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=152191 comment 11 > > How does your effort fit in there for 'upstreaming' data to > them (so that in time it will 'just be there' when > distributions pick up new updates)? > > Obviously the additional device specific data [cdma/wifi/gsm] > may not be well so suited to maintaining upstream.
The USB database is for identifying devices by usb product and manufacturer ids similar to the ids used in the pci info spec and mirrored by the pci info database which linux uses when you do an lspci. No the problem is that almost all blackberry devices identify themselves by function instead of by kind. so all blackberries are 0001, 0004 and 0006 depending on mode. But I have done research on the raw data returned by the device that used in the barry bidentify program and can to a degree of certainty detect what blackberry device it is from that data. As such it can only be presented to the user via a blackberry specific app, exactly the kind of data hal was invented to hold. Although it would be nice to have the real specifications from RIM, those bastards. Regards, Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
