Hi all.
I attended the end of the AV/C WG off-cycle meeting on Thursday 6/26
in Sunnyvale, CA upon return from Nashua.
Sony handed out a copy of a proposal titled:
"Proposal For The 1394 Trade Association: Self Describing Devices"
"Preliminary suggestions for Descriptive Information in a
Configuration ROM"
"Version 0.3"
The information to be added would appear in a Root dependent directory
and also would be added to Unit directories. Compatibility with SBP-2
was not explicitly addressed.
Some of the entries offer a different idea on what should be in Config
ROM, such as device icons which can be read from the device for use on
the UI.
It seems the critical issue that is trying to be addressed is the
ability to return a Model Name string.
The document describes same problem the 1394 PWG has identified as a
key issue with 1394 devices, namely, a way to enumerate functions
independent of protocol.
My feedback was that we had been discussing similar issue in 1394 PWG
and were open to ideas on where the functional information should be
stored.
The end of the meeting resulted in agreement that this is an issue
which should be discussed at 1394 TA architecture meeting.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Greg LeClair, 1394 PWG Chair
greg at erc.epson.com