From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751753Ab1AJG5e (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:57:34 -0500 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:35248 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751292Ab1AJG5d (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:57:33 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,299,1291622400"; d="scan'208";a="645137652" Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:57:10 +0800 From: Yin Kangkai To: Corentin Chary Cc: platform-driver-x86 , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Wang, Yong Y" , "Liu, Bing Wei" , Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] platform-driver-x86: ACPI EC Extra driver for Oaktrail Message-ID: <20110110065710.GI30215@kai-debian> References: <20110106025949.GJ9496@kai-debian> <20110107074115.GH30215@kai-debian> <20110107112409.GU9496@kai-debian> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20110107112409.GU9496@kai-debian> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2011-01-07, 19:24 +0800, Yin Kangkai wrote: > On 2011-01-07, 09:56 +0100, Corentin Chary wrote: > > > +static struct rfkill *oaktrail_rfkill_new(char *name, enum rfkill_type type, > > > +                                         unsigned long mask) > > > +{ > > > +       int err; > > > +       struct rfkill *rfkill_dev; > > > + > > > +       rfkill_dev = rfkill_alloc(name, &oaktrail_device->dev, type, > > > +                                 &oaktrail_rfkill_ops, (void *)mask); > > > +       if (!rfkill_dev) > > > +               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > > > + > > > +       err = rfkill_register(rfkill_dev); > > > > Maybe you should add a rfkill_init_sw_state() call here, to be sure > > that the rfkill initial state is right. > > Yes, agree with you, and I'm trying to do that, add a > rfkill_init_sw_state between rfkill_alloc() and rfkill_register()... > > + ec_read(OT_EC_DEVICE_STATE_ADDRESS, &value); > + rfkill_init_sw_state(rfkill_dev, (value & mask) != 1); > > > However, test shows the EC seems not ready yet when booting runs here > (value = 0), and then all the radio set as "blocked". Hence the radio > state can't be persistent during reboot.. This is not we want. > > Also tried to read out the EC address a little bit later, seems the EC > won't be ready until very late. > > Am I doing something wrong? or I need to check with HW guy about this. It turns out that is because of a bug in driver itself and the way I'm doing "rebooting" is wrong.. Yes, the rfkill_init_sw_state() is needed, otherwise, rfkill_register() will wrongly set the rfkill status. Am sending the V3 patch right away. Kangkai