rfkill framework status?

rfkill framework status?

[Dan Williams]

Ivo;

I know there's a bunch of stuff queued for 2.6.24.  What's the general
status of the rfkill stuff, and are there any drivers using it already
besides b43 and rt2x00?  This is something I'd like to get HAL
supporting pretty quickly after 2.6.24 opens up if just to get a
jump-start on the situation.  Any pointers to userland interaction or
are people better off just reading the code?

Thanks,
Dan

Re: rfkill framework status?

[Ivo van Doorn]

Hi,

> I know there's a bunch of stuff queued for 2.6.24.  What's the general
> status of the rfkill stuff, and are there any drivers using it already
> besides b43 and rt2x00? 

As far as I know rfkill is working correcyly now. Michael has added
some patches to made rfkill usefull for devices that toggle the radio
state in hardware but still want to send the event to userspace/other devices.

However I have no idea what drivers support rfkill at this moment,
or which drivers are investigating the rfkill possibilities for their driver.

> This is something I'd like to get HAL 
> supporting pretty quickly after 2.6.24 opens up if just to get a
> jump-start on the situation.  Any pointers to userland interaction or
> are people better off just reading the code?

Well one of the patches pending for 2.6.24 is the documentation file
about the userspace interface. It isn't much yet, but if you have any
additions you feel that should be added, based on your work for getting
HAL support, feel free to either mail me the suggestions or post a patch
that updates the documentation file. :)

Ivo