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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:35:47 +0200 From: "Nick Kossifidis" <mickflemm@...il.com> To: "Matthew Garrett" <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> Cc: "Alan Jenkins" <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>, "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 2008/10/31 Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>: > 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. > It doesn't leave the radio in a state that's not transmitting, it leaves the card in a state that doesn't get any power at all. I don't see any reason for this, how do you define "safe" ? -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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