From: Randy Dunlap <RANDY.DUNLAP@ORACLE.COM>
To: Elias Oltmanns <eo@nebensachen.de>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>,
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>,
Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/15] rfkill: document rw rfkill switches and clarify input subsystem interactions
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:56:33 -0500 (CDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <10083724.1211237793980.JavaMail.oracle@acsmt301.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wslpvrd9.fsf@denkblock.local>
--- Original Message ---
> Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 18 May 2008 15:48:05 -0300 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> [...]
> >> +===============================================================================
> >> +3: Kernel API
> >> +
> >> +To build a driver with rfkill subsystem support, the driver should depend on
> >> +the Kconfig symbol RFKILL; it should _not_ depend on RKFILL_INPUT.
> >> +
> >> +The hardware the driver talks to may be write-only (where the current state
> >> +of the hardware is unknown), or read-write (where the hardware can be queried
> >> +about its current state).
> >> +
> >> +The rfkill class will call the get_state hook of a device every time it needs
> >> +to know the *real* current state of the hardware. This can happen often.
> >> +
> >> +Some hardware provide events when its status change. In these cases, it is
> >
> > provides
>
> Wouldn't that be "changes" as welll?
Yes. Thanks.
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-19 22:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-18 18:47 [RFC] rfkill class rework Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-18 18:47 ` [PATCH 01/15] ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix initialization error paths Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-18 18:47 ` [PATCH 02/15] ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix LED handling on older ThinkPads Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-18 18:47 ` [PATCH 03/15] Input: rename SW_RADIO to SW_RFKILL_ALL (v2) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-18 18:47 ` [PATCH 04/15] rfkill: clarify meaning of rfkill states Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 10:08 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-18 18:47 ` [PATCH 05/15] rfkill: fix minor typo in kernel doc Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 10:08 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-18 18:47 ` [PATCH 06/15] rfkill: handle SW_RFKILL_ALL events Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 10:08 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-18 18:47 ` [PATCH 07/15] rfkill: add parameter to disable radios by default Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-18 18:47 ` [PATCH 08/15] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 10:08 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-18 18:47 ` [PATCH 09/15] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 10:08 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-21 1:12 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-21 3:35 ` Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-05-21 3:42 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-21 6:48 ` Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-05-21 14:07 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-18 18:48 ` [PATCH 10/15] rfkill: rework suspend and resume handlers Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 10:08 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-18 18:48 ` [PATCH 11/15] rfkill: add notifier chains support Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-19 8:44 ` Thomas Renninger
2008-05-19 13:10 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 10:09 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-18 18:48 ` [PATCH 12/15] rfkill: add type string helper Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 10:09 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-18 18:48 ` [PATCH 13/15] rfkill: add uevent notifications Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 10:09 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-18 18:48 ` [PATCH 14/15] rfkill: do not allow userspace to override ALL RADIOS OFF Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 10:09 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-22 20:51 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-23 14:15 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-27 14:08 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-27 14:38 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-27 17:41 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-27 18:13 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-18 18:48 ` [PATCH 15/15] rfkill: document rw rfkill switches and clarify input subsystem interactions Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-19 17:51 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-05-19 22:04 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-19 22:52 ` Elias Oltmanns
2008-05-19 22:56 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2008-05-20 10:09 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-20 15:54 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-20 17:18 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-21 1:44 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-29 0:45 ` [PATCH 15/15] rfkill: document rw rfkill switches and clarify input subsystem interactions (v2) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-29 13:02 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-29 16:26 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-29 17:19 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-29 17:22 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-29 17:40 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-29 17:46 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-29 18:58 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-05-29 21:16 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-29 21:25 ` [PATCH] Input: rename SW_RADIO to SW_RFKILL_ALL (v2) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-06-04 3:11 ` [PATCH 15/15] rfkill: document rw rfkill switches and clarify input subsystem interactions (v2) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
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