linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] dell-laptop improvements

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Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:09:06 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>
Cc:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	linux acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] dell-laptop improvements

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 03:03:15PM +0100, Alan Jenkins wrote:

> The last patch adds polling for the hardware switch which blocks all
> radios.  This exercises the hardware a little more than before; it would
> benefit from testing.  It should be possible to see events generated by
> the hardware switch using "udevadm monitor --kernel --environment".

We get a hardware event (via the keyboard controller...) when the switch 
is set. I need to fix up my i8042 filtering patch to match feedback from 
the maintainer, but there's no real need to poll.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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