Re: [RFT v9] rfkill: rewrite

Johannes Berg
2009-05-12T18:05:11Z

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On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 13:59 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:

> > Please leave rfkill-input available as a module, at least until the bug
> > I reported in my previous e-mail 'Soft Lockup With rfkill_input and
> > thinkpad_acpi' is resolved. Otherwise it will render Thinkpads, and
> > possibly other systems, unusable with rfkill enabled.
>
> The problem gets fixed where the problem is at... if the actual root
> cause is in the rfkill rewrite, then maybe Johannes should take a look.

We don't even know yet whether the bug is present after the rewrite!

> If the actual root cause is a bug in thinkpad-acpi, then it shouldn't
> block the rfkill rewrite, but should be fixed in thinkpad-acpi.

Unfortunately thinkpad-acpi hasn't been ported yet in my rewrite, so we
can't know. I've poked hmh, but if he doesn't respond soon I'll do a
crude port and ask Will to test it.

johannes

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