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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>, furlot@free.fr
Subject: Re: Compaq laptop RFKILL problems
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:50:26 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48C97682.6010109@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080911120002.GA1387@srcf.ucam.org>

Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:22:09PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
>> I'm trying to help a Ubuntu user get his BCM4303 working on a Compaq 
>> Presario R3215. His radio is hardware disabled, but the RFKILL switch 
>> does not issue a scancode when pushed. Obviously, the Windows software 
>> polls that key in some manner, but we have no idea what it does.
> 
> Can you try the hp-wmi driver?

Trying to build hp-wmi for his 2.6.24.3 kernel wouldn't be worth the 
effort; however, Ubuntu has a kernel based on 2.6.27-rc6 that was 
accepted yesterday. It will be tried ASAP.

Thanks,

Larry


      reply	other threads:[~2008-09-11 19:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-10 17:22 Compaq laptop RFKILL problems Larry Finger
2008-09-11 12:00 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-09-11 19:50   ` Larry Finger [this message]

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