[oe] [RFC] Annotate machines with amount of RAM

Koen Kooi koen at dominion.kabel.utwente.nl
Mon Oct 16 17:51:02 UTC 2006


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Michael 'Mickey' Lauer schreef:

> Which features do we need to describe? At first glance, I could think
> about
> 
> VOLATILE_STORAGE_SIZE (RAM)
> NON_VOLATILE_STORAGE_SIZE (Flash, HD, etc.)
> DISPLAY_TYPE (Touchscreen or not)
> DISPLAY_RESOLUTION

and please let us not fall in to the same trap over and over again by ignoring DPI. My
a780 and h2200 are both qvga, but it's 100dpi versus 160dpi, which makes a huge difference.

> 
> We shouldn't stop here. With several groups working on device daemon
> standards towards interoperable platforms, it could make sense to
> describe
> 
> INPUT_METHODS
> 
> as well (buttons, keyboard, touchscreen, microphone).

MACHINE_FEATURES = "keyboard" exists :)

> 
> Last but not least GSM and (A)GPS should make its way into
> MACHINE_FEATURES pretty soon as well...

Right, I nuked smartphone-common.conf today and I was thinking how to funnel it into
task-base :)

regards,

Koen

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