Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Thu, 12.07.07 19:42, Jon Smirl (jonsmirl at gmail.com) wrote: > > Hi > > >> HAL knows that my >> alsa_output.usb_device_471_155_noserial_if0_alsa_playback_0 is a >> "Philips PSC805" and that my >> alsa_output.pci_device_8086_24d6_alsa_playback_0 is a "Intel ICH5 ALSA >> Playback Device". >> >> Could different HAL names be used instead? >> > > You have to discuss this with HAL upstream. We just use these strings > to have a unique identifier for each device that stays the same as > long as the device is around. We basically just take what HAL gives us. > > Lennart > > Shouldn't it be possible to know everything HAL knows since you're using native API? V.
