4 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tdecore/tdehw/tdegenericdevice.cpp b/tdecore/tdehw/tdegenericdevice.cpp
index 4e67ed6d6..8662e5e8e 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdehw/tdegenericdevice.cpp
+++ b/tdecore/tdehw/tdegenericdevice.cpp
@@ -334,4 +334,8 @@ TQString TDEGenericDevice::friendlyName() {
 	return m_friendlyName;
 }
 
+TQString TDEGenericDevice::detailedFriendlyName() {
+	return friendlyName();
+}
+
 #include "tdegenericdevice.moc"
diff --git a/tdecore/tdehw/tdegenericdevice.h b/tdecore/tdehw/tdegenericdevice.h
index f2abd5582..7536b44a7 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdehw/tdegenericdevice.h
+++ b/tdecore/tdehw/tdegenericdevice.h
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ class TDECORE_EXPORT TDEGenericDevice : public TQObject
 		virtual TQString friendlyName();
 
 		/**
+		* @return a TQString with a detailed friendly name
+		*
+		* In most cases this will return exactly the same string as friendlyName(), however
+		* for certain devices (e.g. disks) this method will provide additional information
+		*/
+		virtual TQString detailedFriendlyName();
+
+		/**
 		* @return a TQString with the device bus name, if any
 		*/
 		TQString deviceBus();
diff --git a/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp b/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp
index 36712cb1e..b22996b88 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp
+++ b/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp
@@ -538,6 +538,10 @@ TQString TDEStorageDevice::friendlyName() {
 	return friendlyDeviceType();
 }
 
+TQString TDEStorageDevice::detailedFriendlyName() {
+	return TQString("%1 [%2]").arg(friendlyName()).arg(deviceNode());
+}
+
 TQString TDEStorageDevice::friendlyDeviceType() {
 	TQString ret = i18n("Hard Disk Drive");
 
diff --git a/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.h b/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.h
index 1199510a4..b3a70763b 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.h
+++ b/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.h
@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@ class TDECORE_EXPORT TDEStorageDevice : public TDEGenericDevice
 		TQString friendlyName();
 
 		/**
+		* @return a TQString with a detailed friendly name
+		*
+		* This method overrides TDEGenericDevice::detailedFriendlyName()
+		*/
+		TQString detailedFriendlyName();
+
+		/**
 		*  @return a TQString containing the friendly type name
 		*
 		* This method overrides TDEGenericDevice::friendlyDeviceType()