Package: udev
Version: 0.114-2
Severity: wishlist
Hi (again) Marco,
I'm currently working on packaging OpenCBM (ITP: #437316), which
includes a kernel module that creates /dev/cbm (c 10 177, registered in
the Linux Device List). Unfortunately, the default permissions are not
particularly useful for this device, so a GROUP or MODE rule would
probably be needed.
(If you'd rather not touch this issue until after the sponsorship and
upload of that package, let me know and I'll ping you when the time has
come.)
To provide you with some background info, OpenCBM allows for
communication with devices, typically floppy drives, that were used by
the VIC-20 and C-64. These devices are connected, via a custom cable,
to the parallel port.
Now, I'm not sure what permissions would be best for this device, so I
wouldn't mind hearing your advice on this. I see three possibilities:
* MODE=0666: What most people usually do. I would feel uneasy with
this, for what I assume are obvious reasons.
* GROUP=lp: Somewhat fitting, as this module accesses the parport,
which also belongs to lp.
* GROUP=floppy: I would tend to lean towards this, as floppy has a
history of being assigned to local/removable devices, and local
users typically already belong to it. That, and I suspect most
people would use OpenCBM to transfer C64 floppies anyway.
Let me know what you think. Thanks!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages udev depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.14 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.6-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libselinux1 2.0.15-2+b1 SELinux shared libraries
ii libvolume-id0 0.114-2 libvolume_id shared library
ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
udev recommends no packages.
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