linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hp-wmi: improve rfkill support

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:28:18 +0200
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>
Cc:	mjg@...hat.com, maciej.rutecki@...il.com,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hp-wmi: improve rfkill support

Alan Jenkins wrote:
> 1) Add support for reading the hardware blocked state.  Previously
> we read a combination of the hardware and software blocked states,
> reporting it as the software blocked state.  This caused some
> confusing behaviour.
> 
> 2) The software state is persistent, mark it as such.
> 
> 3) Check rfkill in the resume handler.  Both the hard and soft
> blocked states may change over hibernation.

I've added this to my local branch for .31 for my HP 2510p.
Light testing (linux only) showed no problems with .31-rc4.

One question: is it expected that pressing the hardware kill switch only 
enables the block for phy0? I guess it's probably sufficient.

$ ./rfkill list # after pressing hardware switch
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no

Looks like with bluetooth soft-blocked the wireless leds blink on wifi 
network traffic, while with bluetooth unblocked it stays on permanently.

Cheers,
FJP
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