Re: [RFC V2] b43/legacy: port to cfg80211 rfkill

[Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>]

On Saturday 06 June 2009 19:42:18 Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 21:01 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> 
> > >      The rfkill polling routine brings the interface back to the initialized
> > >      state if it is found to be uninitialized. This way the rfkill switch
> > >      may be interpreted. In addition, the radio LED is not turned on in the
> > >      initialization routine unless the rfkill switch is on.
> > 
> > This is pretty silly behavior IMO. Just to bring it to the point:
> > We initialize a huge wireless MAC, PHY and Radio that consume several watts of power
> > just to poll a silly RF-kill bit.
> 
> 1) you're MUCH overstating the power consumption

Care to measure it?

> Fine. Just don't stand in my way then.

I am not standing in your way. I'm just not going to maintain it.
In fact, I'd like to pass the whole maintainership to somebody else. But I guess there is nobody.

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Greetings, Michael.