From 4e0d085ff52a7d7858a30c651e37b18f3e92618b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:35:53 +0200

Subject: [PATCH] rules: uaccess - add ID_SOFTWARE_RADIO

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Alick Zhao <alick9188@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>

>>> 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

(cherry picked from commit 30632d97d9d68c8202e562f34afae8f8d6e9c377)

---

 src/login/70-uaccess.rules | 3 +++

 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/login/70-uaccess.rules b/src/login/70-uaccess.rules

index 57f619d5eb..694df2cfc8 100644

--- a/src/login/70-uaccess.rules

+++ b/src/login/70-uaccess.rules

@@ -72,4 +72,7 @@ ENV{DDC_DEVICE}=="?*", TAG+="uaccess"

 # media player raw devices (for user-mode drivers, Android SDK, etc.)

 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{ID_MEDIA_PLAYER}=="?*", TAG+="uaccess"

+# software-defined radio communication devices

+ENV{ID_SOFTWARE_RADIO}=="?*", TAG+="uaccess"

+

 LABEL="uaccess_end"