From: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
To: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: mohamed salim abbas <mabbaswireless@gmail.com>,
Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, tomas.winkler@intel.com,
yi.zhu@intel.com, reinette.chatre@intel.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][RFT] fix iwlagn hw-rfkill while the interface is down
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:54:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200812181354.45839.helmut.schaa@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081217202943.GB3516@tuxdriver.com>
Am Mittwoch, 17. Dezember 2008 schrieb John W. Linville:
> I think it still isn't settled in everyone's minds whether rfkill
> only matters if the device is "up" or if it is something that
> e.g. NetworkManager might want to monitor as a clue to bring the
> device up or down in response to rfkill changes.
I guess we need a concrete definition if the rfkill state is bound to
iface up/down or not. However I think it's somwhat awkward to expose an
(maybe) incorrect rfkill state if the interface is down. Either the state
should be correct or not exposed at all.
Helmut
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-18 12:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-16 12:07 [RFC][RFT] fix iwlagn hw-rfkill while the interface is down Helmut Schaa
2008-12-17 20:10 ` mohamed salim abbas
2008-12-17 20:29 ` John W. Linville
2008-12-17 21:31 ` Dan Williams
2009-01-05 14:56 ` Helmut Schaa
2009-01-06 15:59 ` Dan Williams
2009-01-06 16:41 ` Marcel Holtmann
2009-01-06 16:49 ` Dan Williams
2009-01-06 17:05 ` Marcel Holtmann
2009-01-06 18:54 ` Dan Williams
2009-01-06 19:39 ` Marcel Holtmann
2009-01-06 19:41 ` Helmut Schaa
2008-12-18 12:54 ` Helmut Schaa [this message]
2008-12-18 12:19 ` Helmut Schaa
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