linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 57/62] msi-laptop: Add threeg sysfs file for support query 3G state by standard 66/62 ec command

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Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:28:54 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Joey Lee <jlee@...ell.com>
Cc:	mzxreary@...inter.de, gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 57/62] msi-laptop: Add threeg sysfs file for support
	query 3G state by standard 66/62 ec command

On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 08:25:38AM -0700, Joey Lee wrote:

> So, "wwan" does not mean "3g"? or 3g is included in "wwan"?
> And, does the "non-standard radio control file" mean like "threeg",
> "wlan" or "bluetooth" in /sys/devices/platform/xxxxx ?

wwan includes 3g, so it's the appropriate type to use here. The 
non-standard ones are the threeg, wlan and bluetooth files.

> In current x86/platform, there have a bit driver still used the
> "non-standard control file". Does that mean we need replace all of 
> those control files by rfkill interface?

Those are holdovers from before the rfkill interface was usable - we 
should probably be deprecating them. I /think/ all the drivers that 
provide them also provide an rfkill interface now, but if not we should 
probably port them.

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