From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:43802 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755056Ab0C2RPN (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:15:13 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:06:05 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Ralph Benzinger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, malattia@linux.it, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problems with hardware radio kill switch on Sony Vaio notebook Message-ID: <20100329170604.GC4984@tuxdriver.com> References: <20100329152721.GC6445@endlos.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20100329152721.GC6445@endlos.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 05:27:21PM +0200, Ralph Benzinger wrote: > My Sony Vaio VPC-Y11S1E notebook has an Atheros AR9285 chip, which is > supported just fine by ath9k. The notebook also has a physical radio > kill switch at the front that can be slid into one of two positions. > Alas, the rfkill tool shows wlan0 as "hard blocked: yes" for either > switch position. Consequently, txpower is off, and wireless > networking cannot be activated. > > Could you kindly indicate which part of the kernel would be > responsible for handling the radio kill switches -- cfg80211, ath9k, > sony-laptop, ...? Are there any known fixes or workarounds? I'm > using Kubuntu 9.10 with their stock kernel 2.6.31 and the wireless > backports modules right now, but tests with Kubuntu 10.4 Beta and > 2.6.32 failed as well. Generally, sony-laptop would be responsible for correctly reporting the rfkill switch state. Hth! John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.