Add a script for producing a device description in JSON.

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import argparse
+import contextlib
+import evdev
+import json
+import sys
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+
+parser.add_argument('device')
+
+args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+
+with contextlib.closing(evdev.InputDevice(args.device)) as device:
+    out = {}
+
+    out['linux-evdev-device-desc'] = 0
+
+    out['name'] = device.name
+
+    info = {}
+    info['bustype'] = device.info.bustype
+    info['vendor']  = device.info.vendor
+    info['product'] = device.info.product
+    info['version'] = device.info.version
+    out['info'] = info
+
+    out['capabilities'] = device.capabilities()
+
+    # TODO: LEDs
+
+    json.dump(out, sys.stdout, indent = 4)