Merge pull request #325880 from Pandapip1/init-nixos-qgroundcontrol

nixos/qgroundcontrol: init module

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 - [Flood](https://flood.js.org/), a beautiful WebUI for various torrent clients. Available as [services.flood](options.html#opt-services.flood).
 
+- [QGroundControl], a ground station support and configuration manager for the PX4 and APM Flight Stacks. Available as [programs.qgroundcontrol](options.html#opt-programs.qgroundcontrol.enable).
+
 - [Eintopf](https://eintopf.info), community event and calendar web application. Available as [services.eintopf](options.html#opt-services.eintopf).
 
 - [Renovate](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate), a dependency updating tool for various git forges and language ecosystems. Available as [services.renovate](#opt-services.renovate.enable).

nixos/modules/module-list.nix

@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@
   ./programs/projecteur.nix
   ./programs/proxychains.nix
   ./programs/qdmr.nix
+  ./programs/qgroundcontrol.nix
   ./programs/qt5ct.nix
   ./programs/quark-goldleaf.nix
   ./programs/regreet.nix

nixos/modules/programs/qgroundcontrol.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.programs.qgroundcontrol;
+in
+{
+
+  options = {
+    programs.qgroundcontrol = {
+      enable = lib.mkEnableOption "qgroundcontrol";
+
+      package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "qgroundcontrol" {};
+
+      blacklistModemManagerFromTTYUSB = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = ''
+          Disallow ModemManager from interfering with serial connections that QGroundControl might use.
+
+          Note that if you use a modem that's connected via USB, you might want to disable this option.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    # ModemManager is known to interfere with serial connections;
+    # QGC recommends disabling it, but we don't want to if we can avoid it
+    # Instead, we blacklist tty devices using udev rules, which is a more targeted approach
+    services.udev = lib.mkIf cfg.blacklistModemManagerFromTTYUSB {
+      enable = true;
+      extraRules = ''
+        # nixos/qgroundcontrol: Blacklist ttyUSB devices from ModemManager
+        SUBSYSTEM=="tty", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"
+      '';
+    };
+
+    # Security wrapper
+    security.wrappers.qgroundcontrol = {
+      source = lib.getExe cfg.package;
+      owner = "root"; # Sensible default; not setuid so this is not a security risk
+      group = "tty";
+      setgid = true;
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta.maintainers = pkgs.qgroundcontrol.meta.maintainers;
+}

pkgs/applications/science/robotics/qgroundcontrol/default.nix

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "http://qgroundcontrol.com/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lopsided98 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lopsided98 pandapip1 ];
     mainProgram = "QGroundControl";
   };
 }