linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ideapad-laptop: Handle the App-controlled RF event

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Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:56:22 +0800
From:	Ike Panhc <ike.pan@...onical.com>
To:	Keng-Yu Lin <kengyu@...onical.com>
CC:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	vanhoof@...onical.com, kent.lin@...onical.com, sylee@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ideapad-laptop: Handle the App-controlled RF event

On 06/28/2011 09:35 PM, Keng-Yu Lin wrote:
> Notification with VPC2 bit 5 set is generated when the wireless
> hotkey is pressed. BIOS fires this to notify a Windows
> application to handle the RF switch.
> 
> On Linux, there is no such application. This patch implements
> a toggle for all RF devices through accessing the EC I/O ports.
> 
> Without the explicit EC commands, the wifi LED is always on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Keng-Yu Lin <kengyu@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c |    6 +++++-
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c
> index 820f013..5e1e971 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c
> @@ -461,7 +461,11 @@ static void ideapad_acpi_notify(struct acpi_device *adevice, u32 event)
>  		if (test_bit(vpc_bit, &vpc1)) {
>  			if (vpc_bit == 9)
>  				ideapad_sync_rfk_state(adevice);
> -			else if (vpc_bit == 4)
> +			else if (vpc_bit == 13) {
> +				read_ec_data(handle, 0x23, &vpc2);
> +				write_ec_cmd(handle, 0x24, !vpc2);
> +				ideapad_sync_rfk_state(adevice);
> +			} else if (vpc_bit == 4)
>  				read_ec_data(handle, 0x12, &vpc2);
>  			else if (vpc_bit == 1) {
>  			} else

I think its better to implement the changes in ideapad_sync_rfk_state() because we have
read switch status there. It is not necessary to read the same data twice in an event.

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