[debian-edu-commits] r78706 - trunk/src/hw-support-handler

[pere at alioth.debian.org]

Author: pere
Date: 2013-01-11 13:57:38 +0000 (Fri, 11 Jan 2013)
New Revision: 78706

Modified:
   trunk/src/hw-support-handler/README
Log:
Mention the debtags idea.

Modified: trunk/src/hw-support-handler/README
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/hw-support-handler/README	2013-01-11 10:50:05 UTC (rev 78705)
+++ trunk/src/hw-support-handler/README	2013-01-11 13:57:38 UTC (rev 78706)
@@ -140,3 +140,17 @@
 implementation.  The two fields for USB and PCI IDs will not be able
 to match an entire subclass of packages, nor a range of IDs without
 listing each ID.
+
+Debtags proposal
+----------------
+
+It would be possible to use debtags to map USB/PCI ids to packages.  A
+tag like hardware::usb::1d6b:0001 for packages handling the USB device
+with vendor ID 1d6b and model ID 0001, and hardware::pci::8086:1077
+for packages handling the PCI device with vendor ID 8086 and model ID
+1077.  A proposal was sent to the debtags-devel mailing list[5] but did
+not receive any positive feedback.  This have is not as flexible as
+the Modaliases proposal and will fill the debtags database with
+information that perhaps do not belong there.
+
+ 5) <URL: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debtags-devel/2013-January/002202.html >