[Trac #30] USB testing infrastructure

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#30: USB testing infrastructure
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 Reporter:  jg              |        Owner:  krstic 
     Type:  enhancement     |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  BTest-1
Component:  infrastructure  |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:                  |  
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Changes (by linagee):

  * type:  task => enhancement

Comment:

 Someone should make a website that scrapes http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/
 on the fly. When a USB device is inserted, have the OLPC go to
 http://somesite/someurl?usbVendor=1234&usbProduct=4321

 The site should either load from a database describing the support that
 OLPC has for this device, or do a query to qbik.ch and create a skeleton
 page that says something like, "While your device is not officially
 suppported by the OLPC project, here is the relavent linux support info".

 It would even be possible for developers feedback statistics to lead
 future USB/OLPC device testing. Just have it check when site displays the
 unsupported message above. If "bob's webcam" has 1000 users trying to use
 it, we could prioritize making an installer module and testing for that
 USB device and make it work very reliably on the OLPC.

 Conversely, if they do insert a supported USB device, you could pop up a
 page allowing "driver download" (with scripts to automatically get
 everything working). This would allow a more modular distribution of OLPC
 and further save on NAND storage.

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