Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] enhance sysfs rfkill interface

Florian Mickler
2010-02-26T16:32:42Z

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:11:22 +0100
Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> wrote:

> Hi Florian,
> > blocked_[hs]w -> 0/1 makes IMO kind of sense.
>
> the kernel and /dev/rfkill just talks about "hard" and "soft" blocks.
>
> Don't confuse this with hardware and software. It seems were are keeping
> to make this stupid semantical error over and over again. So everything
> that says hardware, software, hw or sw in the API is bluntly wrong.
>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
>

Yes, ok. I agree that 'hardware block' for something 'out of
the control of the driver' seems to be too narrow...

Alright. How about blocked_soft and blocked_hard?

cheers,
Flo