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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 07:59:21 -0700 From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com> Subject: Re: Dell-laptop is not working without wireless On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 01:10:49PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:32:27PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > dell-laptop module does not work on my Latitude d630 unless driver for > > my wireless card (which happens to be iwl3945) is already loaded. > > Otherwise dcsbas_smi_request() returns all zeroes which causes > > dell-laptop to not create any rfkill devices nor install backlight > > device: > > That's quite bizarre. I'd had one report of the backlight setup failing, > but hadn't connected it with wireless driver loading. Long shot, but I > don't suppose you can figure out which bit of the wifi config is needed > to get dell-laptop working by just bailing at various bits of the probe > and seeing if you get sensible answers? > Admittedly I have not spend much time on it but it looks like my box _really_ wants wifi interface to be fully operational before dcsbas_smi_request() starts returning proper data. I wonder if iwl3945's rfkill support interferes somehow here... Maybe Mario (being a Dell guy) has an idea why this might be happening? -- Dmitry -- 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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