[Bug 256216] Re: Ubuntu is missing /dev/infiniband/rdma_cm group ownership udev rule

Scott James Remnant scott at canonical.com
Wed Nov 19 14:29:55 GMT 2008


On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 18:23 +0000, Roland Dreier wrote:

>  > We are attempting to avoid "groups for device node access" wherever
> possible.
> 
> I think I've gotten that message.  But could you give a hint as to what
> alternative mechanism you are using?  It's very frustrating to get
> replies to all my comments except for when I ask what you want me to do.
> 
Access to system devices is provided through the HAL or DeviceKit
interface.  Permission to access is managed through the PolicyKit layer,
where the D-Bus system bus service providing the device access
negotiates privilege with the application requesting it.

Scott
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Scott James Remnant
scott at canonical.com

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Ubuntu is missing /dev/infiniband/rdma_cm group ownership udev rule
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256216
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