Oliver Smith
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Start the documentation for generic device packages and document how to handle device-specific services. This is a question that came up in the review of PMCR-0009 (new main device category). Signed-off-by: Oliver Smith <ollieparanoid@postmarketos.org> Part-of: <https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/8122>
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# Generic Device Packages
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This article is about device packages starting with `device-generic-`. These
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can boot on multiple devices of that architecture. `device-generic-x86_64`
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could for example be booted on most PCs and laptops with that architecture.
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## Device-specific services
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Pre-installing device specific software is allowed if it is needed to enable
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device functionality, but it must only start on relevant devices and not
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break other devices.
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One example is the
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[hexagonrpcd](https://github.com/linux-msm/hexagonrpc) daemon for serving
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HexagonFS files to the DSPs on Qualcomm devices, which we only run if e.g.
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`/dev/fastrpc-adsp` is available.
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