From: Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com>
To: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Cc: Werner Almesberger <werner@openmoko.org>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: AR6k: to rfkill
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:49:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <494AD390.7090900@warmcat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200812182343.09528.mb@bu3sch.de>
Somebody in the thread at some point said:
>>>> In the same manner as we switch bluetooth, I have asked Werner to write
>>>> a patch that will use rfkill to issue the IOCTL to switch the AR6001
>>>> into low power / no RF mode.
>>>>
>>>> Does that raise any eyebrows?
>>> Is the wireless kernel driver a binary blob?
>> No, Openmoko won't have anything to do with in-kernel binary blobs.
>> There is binary firmware in it in flash though.
>
> Ok, it just sounded like this, because you were talking about ioctl and stuff...
>
> So if you receive a kill event, just send the command that puts the device into
> low power state to the device. I think that's perfectly fine.
That's what I figured... Okie Werner, look forward to your patch. Sorry
for the noise.
-Andy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-18 22:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-18 21:22 AR6k: to rfkill or not to rfkill ? Werner Almesberger
2008-12-18 22:20 ` Michael Buesch
2008-12-18 23:59 ` Werner Almesberger
2008-12-19 9:54 ` Michael Buesch
2008-12-18 22:28 ` AR6k: to rfkill Andy Green
2008-12-18 22:37 ` Michael Buesch
2008-12-18 22:44 ` Andy Green
2008-12-18 22:43 ` Michael Buesch
2008-12-18 22:49 ` Andy Green [this message]
2008-12-20 20:15 ` AR6k: to rfkill or not to rfkill ? Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-12-22 19:50 ` Werner Almesberger
2008-12-22 23:59 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
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