linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert: "dell-laptop: Toggle the unsupported hardware killswitch"

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:50:03 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Keng-Yu Lin <kengyu@...onical.com>
Cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	gmane@...in.guthr.ie, Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert:
 "dell-laptop: Toggle the unsupported hardware killswitch"

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:19:03 +0100
Keng-Yu Lin <kengyu@...onical.com> wrote:

> This reverts commit a3d77411e8b2ad661958c1fbee65beb476ec6d70,
> 
> as it causes a mess in the wireless rfkill status on some models.
> It is probably a bad idea to toggle the rfkill for all dell models
> without the respect to the claim that it is hardware-controlled.
> 

If we're reverting this from mainline then we should also revert it
from 2.6.38.x and 2.6.39.x, no?

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