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

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:32:30 +0100
From:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] enhance sysfs rfkill interface

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:11:22 +0100
Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.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

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