[PATCH] add SonyEricsson Handy Memory Stick Duo Pro

[Richard Hughes]

On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 22:01 -0500, Jon Nettleton wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 19:56 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 14:34 +0100, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > this patch add Sony Ericsson mobile phones with Memory Stick Duo Pro to USB 
> > > Card Readers fdi-file. 
> > 
> > Danny, might it be worth writing a HOWTO for adding device entries to
> > the fdi files? (i.e. using lsusb and the like) -- I'm sure loads of
> > people could, and would send simple patches like this if we showed them
> > how.
> > 
> > Richard.
> 
> Here is another option.  I am writing this stupid simple python-gtk app
> to help with creating dbus rules for "out of tree" hardware.  My
> roommate and I use Creative Zen's and I have a Zen Micro, which kind of
> drove me to this.  
> 
> Adding custom Hal fdi's and giving the option to upload them would
> probably be relatively easy.  I haven't looked too deeply into that part
> of Hal (Sorry I have been knee deep in gnome-vfs storage handling stuff
> I don't like).
> 
> What do you all think of a gui utility like this?  Something to make it
> easy for random user X to easily point and click their way to USB
> installation or bug reporting.

Not sure we need a GUI, maybe just shell script that a semi-competent
user could fill in the blanks, and then send to hal@ m/l.

Or just a document to show the average-joe it's possible, and what to
do.

I'll think on this.

Richard.