1DeviceManager Design 2==================== 3 4Requirements 5------------ 61) Graphically list each device in the system, with all the information available for that specific device type: 7 - PCI 8 - USB 9 - SCSI 10 - Bluetooth? 11 - ISA? 12 - ATAPI? 13 - AHCI? 14 - Firewire? 15 162) Generate a comprehensive text listing of the devices present to allow users to share detailed information with developers 17- Generate an email with this information attached 18 193) Let the user generate a report on how well Haiku supports the devices in the system. 20- Present a list of devices and per device a star rating on the support, and provide a space for comments on the device support. 21- For each device allow comments 22- Include all available information for the device (including loaded driver) 23- Perhaps this can go into the Haikuware compatibility database? 24 254) Arrange the devices in different orders (by category, by connection, by bus type, by resource assignment?) 26 27Graphical Design 28---------------- 29+=========+ 30| Devices | 31+=========+======================================================+ 32| Devices | Help | | 33+----------------------------------------------------------------+ 34| +------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 35| | Sort by: [Category v] | / Basic \/ <Bus> \/ Advanced \ | | 36| | ------------------- | + +--------+----------+--+ | | 37| | v Audio/Video Devices | | Device Name: Netlink 5787M | | | 38| | Hauppauge WinTV | | Manufacturer: Broadcom | | | 39| | Intel HDA Audio | | Category: Network Devices | | | 40| | v Human Interface Dev. | | Driver used: broadcom570x | | | 41| | USB Mouse | | | | | 42| | USB Keyboard | | | | | 43| | v Network Devices | | | | | 44| | -->Broadcom 5787M<-- | | | | | 45| | Intel 4965 WIFI | | | | | 46| | v Graphics Card | | | | | 47| | NVidia 8600M GT | | | | | 48| | .... | +-------------------------------+ | | 49| +------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 50| +-------------------------+ +------------+ +-----------+ | 51| | Report hardware support | | Gen. email | | Gen. Text | | 52| +-------------------------+ +------------+ +-----------+ | 53+================================================================+ 54 55Menu: 56Devices 57- Refresh devices 58- Report compatibility 59- Generate system information 60- ----- 61- About Devices 62- ----- 63- Quit 64 65Interface details: 66- The left list is an OutlineListView, 67 - Is inside a scroll container 68 - Will contain nice icons per type/device 69 - Clicking on a device will show the details in the right view 70 71- The right view contains 3 tabs: 72 - Basic tab: Information available for every kind device 73 - <Bus> tab: Information specific to the bus type of device. (PCI, USB, etc) 74 - Advanced tab: Has a list of name-value pairs of all available information 75 76- Sort by allows the user to arrange the treeview by: 77 - Category: 78 - Connection 79 - Bus type 80 81- Report Hardware Support 82 - List all devices 83 - For each device 84 85When you click Report Hardware Support, this appears: 86 87+=========================+ 88| Report Hardware Support | 89+=========================+============================+ 90| Report Device Supported Comment | 91| [x] Broadcom Netlink 5787M ***** _________ | 92| [x] Hauppauge WinTV ***** _________ | 93| [x] Intel 4965 WIFI ..... _________ | 94| [x] Intel HDA Audio ****. _________ | 95| [x] NVidia 8600M GT ***.. _________ | 96| [x] USB Keyboard ***** _________ | 97| [x] USB Mouse ***** _________ | 98| [ ] Intel 82801 PCI Bridge ..... _________ | 99| [ ] Intel 82801H PCI Express ..... _________ | 100| | 101| If you wish, you can leave your contact details so | 102| developers can get in touch with you for questions | 103| about your devices. These will be stored privately. | 104| | 105| Name: _______________ Email: __________________ | 106| | 107| Haiku-os.org account: __________________________ | 108| | 109| +--------------------+ +---------------+ | 110| | Preview submission | | Generate File | | 111| +--------------------+ +---------------+ | 112+======================================================+ 113 114Interface details: 115------------------ 116- All devices are _not_ selected for report by default 117- As soon as a rating is given, it is selected to be reported 118- Preview submission will popup the generated list with a submit button 119- Generate file will generate a file that can be uploaded manually, or emailed to a specific address. 120- As you mouse over the rating, a popup will appear detailing what each star stands for: 121 - ..... : No support 122 - X.... : Crashes Haiku 123 - **... : Detected but doesn't work with 3rd party driver 124 - ***.. : Detected but doesn't work out of the box 125 - ****. : Detected and works with 3rd party driver 126 - ***** : Detected and works out of the box 127 128 129