Re: Wifi switch not working, linux on IdeaPad S205

[Ike Panhc <ike.pan@canonical.com>]

Hi Florian,

Could you have the same test with ideapad-laptop loaded? I need to make
sure ideapad-laptop have the correct rfkill information.

Thanks a lot.

On 06/19/2011 11:23 PM, Florian Heyer wrote:
> On 06/18/2011 02:38 AM, Joey Lee wrote:
>>
>> Could you please help to test this patch? This is just a test patch, and
>> I didn't evaluation AWM0 in update rfkill state polling because I didn't
>> think evaluate AWM0 per second is a good idea.
>>
>> Please probe acer-wmi driver then report rfkill state. That's see what
>> the situation, then we add AWM0 part in next patch.
> 
> Hello Joey,
> 
> just tested your patch. It works, after inserting the patched module i can use wifi!
> 
> After booting with hardware switch = on i inserted patched acer-wmi. This is "rfkill list" state after inserting:
> 
> 0: hci0: Bluetooth
>     Soft blocked: no
>     Hard blocked: no
> 1: phy0: Wireless LAN
>     Soft blocked: no
>     Hard blocked: no
> 2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
>     Soft blocked: no
>     Hard blocked: no
> 
> After switching to off:
> 1: phy0: Wireless LAN
>     Soft blocked: no
>     Hard blocked: no
> 2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
>     Soft blocked: no
>     Hard blocked: yes
> 
> Switching back to on:
> 1: phy0: Wireless LAN
>     Soft blocked: no
>     Hard blocked: no
> 2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
>     Soft blocked: no
>     Hard blocked: no
> 3: hci0: Bluetooth
>     Soft blocked: no
>     Hard blocked: no
> 
> 
> regards