linux-kernel - Re: ath5k gets lost with eeepc-laptop removal

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Message-ID: <20081031142318.GA9009@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:23:18 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>
Cc:	"Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" <lcapitulino@...driva.com.br>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	willy@...ux.intel.com, lrodriguez@...eros.com
Subject: Re: ath5k gets lost with eeepc-laptop removal

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 01:51:49PM +0000, Alan Jenkins wrote:

> Matthew: I nagged you twice about different consequences of this 
> commit, so here's a third :).  You said rfkill no longer automatically 
> frobs on suspend/resume, which was what I was worried about last time.  
> Should the core code also be modified so it doesn't do anything when 
> the rfkill device is unregistered?

I think there's definitely an argument in favour of that, though I 
suspect that's a design feature - if you remove the control mechanism 
for a radio, the safe state for that radio to be in is not transmitting.

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