From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:03:42 +0200 Subject: [14e4:4315] Dell Studio 1735, rfkill problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Grygoriy Fuchedzhy wrote: > 2010/4/24 G?bor Stefanik >> Check compat-wireless; IIRC LP-PHY rfkill support has been updated in 2.6.34. >> >> BTW, does software-rfkill (using the rfkill command-line utility) work >> correctly? >> Specifically, the following scenarios are interesting: >> -With the hardware-rfkill switch ON (i.e. radio enabled), try to bring >> down the card using the rfkill utility. Does the card actually stop >> transmitting? >> -Try to turn it back on. Is the interface usable again? >> -Turn the hardware switch OFF, and back ON. Then, use rfkill to >> soft-disable and re-enable the card. Does this make it work again? >> >> -- >> Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) > > So, here is what I have: >> ?~ $ sudo rfkill list >> ?0: phy0: Wireless LAN >> ? ? ? Soft blocked: no >> ? ? ? Hard blocked: no > >> ~ $ sudo rfkill block 0 > Wifi immediately loses connection, wifi led turns off and dmesg reports: >> wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:23:69:2f:3f:01 by local choice (reason=3) > > Now I have: >> ~ $ sudo rfkill list >> 0: phy0: Wireless LAN >> ? ? ? Soft blocked: yes >> ? ? ? Hard blocked: no > > Unblocking: >> ~ $ sudo rfkill unblock 0 >> ~ $ sudo rfkill list >> 0: phy0: Wireless LAN >> ? ? ? Soft blocked: no >> ? ? ? Hard blocked: no > > But wifi is not functional, wifi led remains turned off, dmesg tells nothing. > > If I turn hardware switch off and on, and then software off/on nothing changes. > > Then I compiled 2.6.34_rc5 kernel and get same behavior. Also I have > got additional > entry in dmesg when turning wifi off with rfkill utility or with > hardware switch: >> cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain > > Thanks for quick response! > > -- > Grygoriy Fuchedzhy Looks like I got lpphy_op_software_rfkill wrong then. Larry, is the spec up to date on this matter? -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)