fdi files device syntax

[Richard Hughes]

On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 11:18 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 13:39 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> > On embedded devices running hald, we currently load and process all fdi
> > files placed in certain directories. For Stuff like 770 it make sense to
> > be able to specify "this fdi file never should be loaded" as stuff like
> > wireless mice make no sense for this type of device.
> 
> What happens if it makes sense for the next revision of the device? It
> seems like you're trying to fix the symptoms instead of the root problem
> which is that hald is just plain stupid insofar that it doesn't cache
> XML files. 

Should we cache xml files that are *never* going to match, or should we
just advise vendors to just delete fdi files?

R.