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Date:	Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:15:32 +0200
From:	Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@...il.com>
To:	Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@...il.com>
Cc:	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	linux acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFT] hp-wmi: improved rfkill support for wifi

2009/7/18 Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@...il.com>:
>> Linux can also do enabling "by software".  At the moment, you need to
>> download and compile a utility to poke /dev/rfkill.  I wouldn't bother
>> testing it, because I didn't change that bit :-).
>
> Utility is here
> http://git.sipsolutions.net/?p=rfkill.git
> And a patch to restore write access to /sys/class/rfkill/*/state file is here
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/10/339

Great tool.

Block bluetooth:
root@...is:/home/maciek/zrodelka/rfkill/rfkill# ./rfkill block 3
root@...is:/home/maciek/zrodelka/rfkill/rfkill# ./rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
2: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
3: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no

root@...is:/home/maciek/zrodelka/rfkill/rfkill# ./rfkill unblock 3
root@...is:/home/maciek/zrodelka/rfkill/rfkill# ./rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
2: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
3: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
5: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no

Block wireless:
root@...is:/home/maciek/zrodelka/rfkill/rfkill# ./rfkill block 0
root@...is:/home/maciek/zrodelka/rfkill/rfkill# ./rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no
2: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
3: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
5: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
root@...is:/home/maciek/zrodelka/rfkill/rfkill# ./rfkill unblock 0
root@...is:/home/maciek/zrodelka/rfkill/rfkill# ./rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
2: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
3: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
5: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
	
Works very nice on my laptop

Thanks!
-- 
Maciej Rutecki
http://www.maciek.unixy.pl
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