netdev - Re: iwl rfkill suddenly dropped to hard block

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Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:57:18 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Intel Linux Wireless <ilw@...ux.intel.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com
Subject: Re: iwl rfkill suddenly dropped to hard block

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:23:32PM -0600, Larry Finger (Larry.Finger@...inger.net) wrote:
> >I would imagine this is just related to some dellish crap, but I saw a
> >number of exactly the same cases in the web including linux-kernel mail
> >lists in the past and also without 'slider on the back' case.
> 
> I doubt that it is Dell related, if that is what "dellish" means.
> 
> I have had some success in clearing this problem by unloading and
> reloading the wireless driver. I had the problem on one box that has
> no rfkill switch and an 802.11b card that uses b43legacy.

I tried that as well as disabling and enabling wifi in bios (or is it
newr loader), but without success. I called this 'dellish' crap
because of the hell list of problems I had with this laptop and i915
video chipset in it. Apparently brother model e4200 does not have them
at all.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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