From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:34251 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755803AbYIRShO (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:37:14 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC] b43: A patch for control of the radio LED using rfkill From: Johannes Berg To: Michael Buesch Cc: Ivo van Doorn , Larry Finger , John W Linville , bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200809182034.00801.mb@bu3sch.de> (sfid-20080918_203449_107036_C7A426D0) References: <48d1e227.AmBwRnEuhx6kxlHv%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <200809182017.12685.mb@bu3sch.de> <200809182023.21751.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <200809182034.00801.mb@bu3sch.de> (sfid-20080918_203449_107036_C7A426D0) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-ePFL/xUGXrKUZC1jU69P" Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:36:35 +0200 Message-Id: <1221762995.20772.9.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080918_203718_621140_45CD8B43) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-ePFL/xUGXrKUZC1jU69P Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 20:34 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > So you say that rfkill should only be notified about changes in the first= read-only > hardware intication bit? If that's the case, it would be possible to turn= the radio off > through mac80211 calls (using the read-write register), but still have rf= kill think it's > unblocked. This is why I'm saying it needs to be integrated with mac80211. Anything else is stupid because it would force drivers to keep track of all three states. johannes --=-ePFL/xUGXrKUZC1jU69P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJI0p+wAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYU5wQAK8rKYhULurx5s14DhPPdnCa o4VpsEu4ebqi6kllpwz7Oso3ZHs3GxoqP2kIzf1Gy5pDqCc8V3lR1loAl9Aix9z4 BLZKxQjWJbQ99bFmPEsLhRAxKuRk3FnhwigrKams20nRZ8if7TEyYjwertT/X5UE jWvTJsUkMVpEHx+XkyLuknUYds+qB8PvJjabXU72CpZIAUk2LII8QtLyAOXmTIql njfzOhE3CC6h+aeiF6JitQHsMGs7+p84Qj24C0n44LVUyUGJnDBV7Jl2klNBF/12 w4n6Mq0tFL52TE0siMlZPIevminZkv57LH+4JP8TT9MTObEssPGjB1f7llmSniWw bKgO5cCCLnhCcdQufyNfDo+IUHlNrfp6avwszz1BVMy8C6EvB3UjRojcUslyPFn4 TnL5WrDOPNsu4PUDpRMraiqJODUsiP35HlrOlRNQxESTfr7RsJ/yk44LtMZEv4rn lmblRtBWAaMjdCglEZ1W5/XHAzgdvn1NO+bfycB3RYNkrWcRqufqADqq5ozkEerA X9V7dGqrdQQQlhyBMgZZj4bdXJpa3xwMVWfsNKoElz5aoGWEm83D3d1znjGyuGcC aWsDoChMog8fjcvhj72JUmFaGBVQE3yP8HN9I9owjE2AmGrofT/Dvg5G8FJXWtPG bi5rxmPKOrQ7bpQd35AA =p+UY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-ePFL/xUGXrKUZC1jU69P--