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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Martin Pitt
  • Date: 2009-06-26 10:04:33 UTC
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  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20090626100433-nd42rcjbmg5261tx
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  <sect1 id="device-properties-hal">
 
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    <title>
 
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      org.freedesktop.Hal namespace
 
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    </title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      The <literal>org.freedesktop.Hal</literal> namespace contain properties that
 
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      can be considered metadata about HAL itself and not about device objects. They
 
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      are only available at the root object (<literal>/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer</literal>) 
 
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      and allow to query information about HAL from fdi files.
 
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    </para>
 
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    <informaltable>
 
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      <tgroup cols="2">
 
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        <thead>
 
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          <row>
 
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            <entry>Key (type)</entry>
 
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            <entry>Values</entry>
 
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            <entry>Mandatory</entry>
 
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            <entry>Description</entry>
 
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          </row>
 
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        </thead>
 
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        <tbody>
 
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          <row>
 
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            <entry>
 
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              <literal>org.freedesktop.Hal.version</literal> (string)
 
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            </entry>
 
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            <entry>example: 0.5.13</entry>
 
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            <entry>Yes</entry>
 
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            <entry>The version number of the running HAL daemon.</entry>
 
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          </row>
 
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          <row>
 
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            <entry>
 
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              <literal>org.freedesktop.Hal.version.major</literal> (int)
 
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            </entry>
 
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            <entry>example: 0</entry>
 
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            <entry>Yes</entry>
 
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            <entry>The major version number of the running HAL daemon.</entry>
 
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          </row>
 
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          <row>
 
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            <entry>
 
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              <literal>org.freedesktop.Hal.version.minor</literal> (int)
 
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            </entry>
 
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            <entry>example: 5</entry>
 
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            <entry>Yes</entry>
 
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            <entry>The minor version number of the running HAL daemon.</entry>
 
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          </row>
 
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          <row>
 
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            <entry>
 
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              <literal>org.freedesktop.Hal.version.micro</literal> (int)
 
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            </entry>
 
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            <entry>example: 13</entry>
 
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            <entry>Yes</entry>
 
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            <entry>The micro version number of the running HAL daemon.</entry>
 
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          </row>
 
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        </tbody>
 
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      </tgroup>
 
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     </informaltable>
 
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  </sect1>
 
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  <sect1 id="properties-general">
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    <title>General Properties</title>
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    <para>
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      physical or functional characteristics of what the device
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      object represents.
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    </para>
 
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    <sect2 id="device-properties-info">
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      <title>
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        info namespace
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    <sect2 id="device-properties-smart_card_reader">
 
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      <title>
 
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        smart_card_reader namespace
 
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      </title>
 
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      <para>
 
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        Device objects with the capability <literal>smart_card_reader</literal> represent
 
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        a smart card device/systems (e.g. smart card reader) . No namespace specific
 
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        properties.
 
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      </para>
 
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    </sect2>
 
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    <sect2 id="device-properties-smart_card_reader-card_reader">
 
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      <title>
 
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        smart_card_reader.card_reader namespace
 
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      </title>
 
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      <para>
 
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        Device objects with the capabilities <literal>smart_card_reader</literal>
 
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        and <literal>smart_card_reader.card_reader</literal> represent a 
 
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        smart card reader. No namespace specific properties.
 
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      </para>
 
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    </sect2>
 
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    <sect2 id="device-properties-smart_card_reader-crypto_token">
 
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      <title>
 
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        smart_card_reader.crypto_token namespace
 
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      </title>
 
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      <para>
 
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        Device objects with the capabilities <literal>smart_card_reader</literal> and 
 
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        <literal>smart_card_reader.crypto_token</literal> represent a smart token, a 
 
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        device where the smart card and the smart card reader are in one device. No 
 
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    <sect2 id="device-properties-storage">
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      <title>
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        storage namespace