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authorMartin Pitt <martinpitt@gnome.org>2012-05-21 11:40:49 +0200
committerMartin Pitt <martinpitt@gnome.org>2012-05-21 11:41:52 +0200
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docs/provides-component-naming.txt: Document MODALIAS
There is no real need to put the modalias string into a "category()" wrapper, so just use the plain string.
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@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ In general, the component naming should be "type(component-name)".
Component naming
----------------
-MODALIAS: /!\ Format nor defined (yet)
+MODALIAS: A string with the modalias, for example
+ "pci:v00008086d00003B64sv000017AAsd0000215Fbc07sc80i00"
+ or "usb:v09DAp000Ad0014dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc01ip02".
+ Returns packages which provide a driver for this
+ device.
CODEC: A string in the format of gstreamer<version>(type-format)
where <version> is the GStreamer API version (e. g.