[systemd-devel] 70-uaccess.rules: add new ID_SDR_HW?

[Alick Zhao]

On 07/15/2014 04:10 PM, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 5:09 AM, Alick Zhao <alick9188 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 07/15/2014 08:03 AM, Kay Sievers wrote:
>>>>>>> So is it possible to add ID_SDR_HW in the 70-uaccess.rules file?
>>>>> It could be done. Whether systemd is the best place to keep the rules
>>>>> for SDR depends on whether there's a better project, like sane for scanners,
>>>>> etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> You may suggest a better name of course.
>>>>> Something longer would be better.
>>> Right, we try to avoid abbreviations which do not explain themselves.
>>>
>>
>> So maybe ID_SOFTWARE_RADIO ?
> 
> Hmm, SDR is more a term for a generic technology than for a device
> class. To me it does not really sound like an administrator would know
> what this is.
> 
> What exactly is the device or subsystem you want to make accessible to
> locally logged-in users only?
> 

Initially it is bladeRF, but many more are of interest: USRP, rtl-sdr,
HackRF, ... [1]

I agree an administrator might not know what SDR is, since it is
currently still not widely known, and makes sense only for amateurs
and researchers. But as a SDR fan, I see many new SDR peripherals
are created recently, and expect to see more. So a generic ID seems
reasonable to me.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software-defined_radios

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