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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rfkill: create useful userspace interface
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Johannes Berg wrote:
>> How should userspace test CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT to determine whether
>> it's safe to start the daemon?  With the old core, debian-eeepc
>> scripts check if the module rfkill-input exists (which should work
>> even if it's built in).  If it exists, the scripts don't perform any
>> rfkill actions.  (Yeah, according to the doc this is not allowed
>> because the scripts don't use "claim", but you can see how it's
>> useful).
>>
>> The new rfkill-input isn't a module, so I'm not sure how your daemon
>> would test for it.
>>     
>
> Maybe we should add an ioctl that disables rfkill-input if present.
>
> johannes
>   

Sounds good.