Re: [PATCH 2/2] rules: add ID_EXTERNAL_PORT and ID_MODEM

[Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 19:24, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Distributions doing desktop spins or other single-user systems
> may be interested in enabling access to the external ports (serial,
> USB-to-serial dongle etc) and modems for the logged-in user.

Almost all distributions with desktop focus run a system-wide service
like ModemManager on connman, which hook into udev and probes and
classifies modems, and tags them in a more reliable way. The users
usually talk to these services not to the devices directly.

> ENV{ID_EXTERNAL_PORT}=="*?", TAG+="udev-acl"

We really don't want to get into the external/internal business ever,
that can not be reliable determined.

Kay
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