linux-kernel - Re: eeepc-laptop rfkill, stupid question #4

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Message-ID: <20081103145543.GA496@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:55:43 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: eeepc-laptop rfkill, stupid question #4

On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 12:51:45PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:

> Not if you can enter or exit HARD_BLOCK, you're not.  If you cannot it is
> fine.  But if you can, you really need to rfkill_force_state() on resume,

The state can always be overridden by software, so I think we're fine 
there.

> And the rfkill core seems to be buggy when you call force_state() on resume,
> which you guys didn't hit because you're not doing it yet.  See my other
> email...

Just to make sure: in the case where we *don't* support hard blocking, 
there's no need to do anything special in the driver on resume and 
rfkill should (but currently doesn't) do the right thing itself?

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