Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 22:07:49 -0300
From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
To: Cezary Jackiewicz <cezary.jackiewicz@gmail.com>
Cc: Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ak@linux.intel.com,
       Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND] [PATCH -next 2/2] acpi,rfkill,backlight:
	comapl-laptop update - use rfkill switch subsystem
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On Wed, 09 Jul 2008, Cezary Jackiewicz wrote:
> Does calling rfkill_force_state () is mandatory? This driver implement 
> get_state() hook, @state is always up-to-date.

It is not mandatory, but you will get delays and anti-social behaviour if
you don't implement rfkill_force_state() on hardware that can do
HARD_BLOCKED, and rfkill will be able to notice changes only when
"provoked".

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh
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