linux-kernel - Re: Regression in 2.6.27-rcX caused by commit bc19d6e0b74ef03a3baf035412c95192b54dfc6f

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Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:47:40 -0500
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
CC:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Carlos Corbacho <carlos@...angeworlds.co.uk>,
	Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah@...il.com>,
	wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Regression in 2.6.27-rcX caused by commit	bc19d6e0b74ef03a3baf035412c95192b54dfc6f

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> 
> Sorry, it can't fix that regression by itself, since b43 is not using
> rfkill_force_state() in mainline.
> 
> It will fix the same issue you are experiencing on b43 in anything that uses
> rfkill_force_state(), which means (for mainline): iwlwifi, rt2x00,
> thinkpad-acpi and hp-wmi.
> 
> It is a regression only on b43 and thinkpad-acpi, as the other drivers above
> didn't use rfkill_force_state() in 2.6.26.
> 
> To fix the regression in b43, you'd be faced with the need of both my simple
> patch AND Matthew's more complex one.

I don't expect that the more complex one will be accepted into 2.6.27.

Larry
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