linux-kernel - Re: Bug 10173 / Bluetooth on Toshiba & Compal laptops

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Message-ID: <49508D8B.20801@romal.de>
Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:04:43 +0100
From:	"Robert M. Albrecht" <linux@...al.de>
To:	Philip Langdale <philipl@...rt.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug 10173 / Bluetooth on Toshiba & Compal laptops

Hi,

the module is loaded:

[root@...ho ~]# lsmod | grep kill
rfkill                 11288  2 toshiba_acpi
[root@...ho ~]#

The wlan-devices works ok, it get's disabled and enabled via rfkill. But 
the bluetooth-device does not get reeanbled after switching it off.

cu romal




Am 15.12.2008 23:47 Uhr, schrieb Philip Langdale:
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:34:52 +0100, "Robert M. Albrecht"<mail@...al.de>
> wrote:
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> anything I can do ? Providing some logs or granting ssh access to the
>> machine to have a look ?
>
> If necessary, that would be useful. However, the first question to ask is
> actually
> related to my possibility C) - which I'm now re-evaluating as much more
> likely.
>
> If you don't load the 'rfkill-input' module, then there is no policy
> applied to
> killswitch handling. The core driver puts the device in the SOFT_BLOCKED
> state
> when the de-assert the hardware switch. rfkill-input contains the policy
> that
> decides to go one step further and re-enable the device. This module has no
> hardware dependencies so it is not automatically loaded - you must do it
> explicitly yourself.
>
> If that's not your problem, then we'll have to dig deeper.
>
> --phil
>
>
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