[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #252: [patch] Support for custom hal properties in module-hal-detect and description argument in module-alsa-{sink, source}

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#252: [patch] Support for custom hal properties in module-hal-detect and
description argument in module-alsa-{sink,source}
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 Reporter:  shogun_panda       |       Owner:  lennart
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:         
Component:  module-hal-detect  |    Severity:  normal 
 Keywords:  name               |  
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 Hi guys.

 On my laptop I use 2 or 3 USB devices autodetect by HAL.
 Even they are always the same, I use autodetection to ensure I can hotplug
 them but I don't like the names PA assigns them, so I wrote a patch to
 "fix" this.

 The purpose of the patch are the following:
 1-Add a "description" parameter to module-alsa-sink and module-alsa-source
 to set the description of the sink/source (with spaces allowed)
 2-Override HAL sink/source name detection when properties
 "pulse.sink_name" or "pulse.source_name" or "pulse.device_name" are
 defined in the "grandfather" udi of playback/record udi (I choosed
 grandfather at it is the most general udi of the device)
 3-Autospecify sink/source description (thanks to part 1) when properties
 "pulse.sink_description" or "pulse.source_description" are defined in the
 "grandfather" udi of the playback/record udi.

 Obviously, "pulse.*" properties must be defined with fdi file, but it
 isn't so hard :)
 Hope you like it.
    Shogun

 PS: This patch is for PA 0.9.9, I hope can be merged with current
 GIT/SVN/CVS code

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