properties for rotable displays

Robert Gerlach khnz at gmx.de
Fri Mar 14 08:09:44 PDT 2008


Hi,

for my tablet pc, I want to store the orientations of the rotable display in 
HAL? Is there a recommendation? If not, I want to propose a new capability 
(like "rotatable_display") and two properties, one for normal and one for 
rotated orientation (sample fdi attached).

  Robert
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="info.category" string="laptop_panel">
      <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.vendor" string="FUJITSU SIEMENS">
        <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" prefix_outof="LifeBook T;LIFEBOOK T;LIFEBOOK P1510;LIFEBOOK P1610">
          <append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">rotatable_display</append>
          <merge key="rotatable_display.orientation.normal" type="string">normal</merge>
          <merge key="rotatable_display.orientation.tablet_mode" type="string">right</merge>
        </match>
        <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" prefix="Stylistic T;STYLISTIC ST5">
          <append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">rotatable_display</append>
          <merge key="rotatable_display.orientation.normal" type="string">right</merge>
          <merge key="rotatable_display.orientation.tablet_mode" type="string">normal</merge>
        </match>
        <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" prefix="LifeBook U810;LifeBook U1010">
          <append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">rotatable_display</append>
          <merge key="rotatable_display.orientation.normal" type="string">normal</merge>
          <merge key="rotatable_display.orientation.tablet_mode" type="string">inverted</merge>
        </match>
      </match>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>


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