Re: [RFC] b43: rework rfkill code

Marcel Holtmann
2008-12-10T16:51:49Z

Hi Johannes,

> > The final change is that I removed the code for changing the wireless
> > state in response to the txpower configuration in mac80211. Right now, I
> > can't see any way for this to work correctly - if the user disables the
> > radio via rfkill, mac80211 doesn't flag the radio as disabled. As a
> > result, the next time the configuration callback is called, b43
> > reenables the radio again, even though the user has explicitly disabled
> > it. I don't think any of the other drivers handle this case, so I'm not
> > really sure what the best way to handle this in future is. The current
> > situation certainly seems broken.
>
> We're going to have to integrate rfkill with mac80211, but nobody cares.

if you figured out on how to do it the best way, then let me know,
because I have to do the same thing for Bluetooth.

Regards

Marcel