Re: ath5k gets lost with eeepc-laptop removal

Matthew Garrett
2008-10-31T14:23:37Z

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 01:51:49PM +0000, Alan Jenkins wrote:

> Matthew: I nagged you twice about different consequences of this
> commit, so here's a third :). You said rfkill no longer automatically
> frobs on suspend/resume, which was what I was worried about last time.
> Should the core code also be modified so it doesn't do anything when
> the rfkill device is unregistered?

I think there's definitely an argument in favour of that, though I
suspect that's a design feature - if you remove the control mechanism
for a radio, the safe state for that radio to be in is not transmitting.

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