From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from senator.holtmann.net ([87.106.208.187]:49067 "EHLO mail.holtmann.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751843AbZFPQYQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:24:16 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] rfkill: export persistent attribute in sysfs From: Marcel Holtmann To: Alan Jenkins Cc: Johannes Berg , Henrique de Moraes Holschuh , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <4A37A3FC.9060206@tuffmail.co.uk> References: <4A37A3FC.9060206@tuffmail.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:24:14 +0200 Message-Id: <1245169454.15367.25.camel@violet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Alan, > This information allows userspace to implement a hybrid policy where > it can store the rfkill soft-blocked state in platform non-volatile > storage if available, and if not then file-based storage can be used. > > Some users prefer platform non-volatile storage because of the behaviour > when dual-booting multiple versions of Linux, or if the rfkill setting > is changed in the BIOS setting screens, or if the BIOS responds to > wireless-toggle hotkeys itself before the relevant platform driver has > been loaded. > > Signed-off-by: Alan Jenkins as I mentioned before, I agree with doing it this way. Acked-by: Marcel Holtmann Regards Marcel