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From: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
To: "Pavel Machek" <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>,
	"João Paulo Rechi Vita"
	<jprvita-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>,
	"Darren Hart" <dvhart-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-wireless
	<linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	"Network Development"
	<netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	platform-driver-x86-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-doc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-6IF/jdPJHihWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org,
	"João Paulo Rechi Vita"
	<jprvita-6IF/jdPJHihWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/3] rfkill: Create "rfkill-airplane-mode" LED trigger
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:35:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1466501738.3170.10.camel@sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160613212116.GA10478@amd>

On Mon, 2016-06-13 at 23:21 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> (Actually, "::wifi" is super confusing, I'd expect that to be a led
> that blinks when wifi is active.)

Agree with that, yeah, that'd be confusing.

> Well... "airplane" is quite confusing. I'd we use "rfkill" for
> disabling radios, and I believe we should stick with that.
> 
> But small problem might be polarity. You may need both "::rfkill" and
> "::not-rfkill".

I'd argue that "airplane" matches better what you're likely to find on
the chassis of the system.

In either case I think the suffixes should be documented, for both
future kernel and application developers.

johannes

  reply	other threads:[~2016-06-21  9:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-02 14:39 [RESEND PATCH 0/3] RFKill airplane-mode indicator João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-05-02 14:39 ` [RESEND PATCH 1/3] rfkill: Create "rfkill-airplane-mode" LED trigger João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-05-04  7:29   ` Pavel Machek
2016-05-12  9:32     ` Johannes Berg
2016-05-19  7:16       ` Pavel Machek
2016-06-09 12:43         ` Johannes Berg
2016-06-13 15:24           ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-06-13 19:00             ` Pavel Machek
2016-06-13 19:59               ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-06-13 21:01                 ` Pavel Machek
2016-06-13 21:10                   ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-06-13 21:21                     ` Pavel Machek
2016-06-21  9:35                       ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2016-05-02 14:39 ` [RESEND PATCH 2/3] rfkill: Userspace control for airplane mode João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-05-02 14:39 ` [RESEND PATCH 3/3] rfkill: Notify userspace of airplane-mode state changes João Paulo Rechi Vita

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