Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:45772 "EHLO vavatch.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754987AbYFHUQO (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2008 16:16:14 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 21:16:03 +0100 From: Matthew Garrett To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Cc: Dan Williams , Tomas Winkler , "John W. Linville" , Ivo van Doorn , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] rfkill: clarify meaning of rfkill states Message-ID: <20080608201603.GA25453@srcf.ucam.org> (sfid-20080608_221617_736243_024FA366) References: <1212611246.4018.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1ba2fa240806041607j10841ac0qb11fe0d0b27953d8@mail.gmail.com> <20080605003808.GA16599@khazad-dum.debian.net> <1212667955.25730.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080605130323.GB3413@khazad-dum.debian.net> <1212677207.28545.56.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1212696826.13915.1256967905@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1212722763.1026.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1212758662.26514.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080606141419.GA3444@khazad-dum.debian.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20080606141419.GA3444@khazad-dum.debian.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 11:14:19AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > 1. Every transmitter shall have ONE, and just ONE (not zero, not two, > not more) rfkill class attached. For those transmitters lacking support > in hardware to make it block, the drivers shall quiesce them and avoid > doing anything to cause transmissions, or even use bus tricks to power > the device down (i.e. the driver will emulate a switch capable of doing > the blocking). How do we enforce this? iwl4965 provides an rfkill device, but hp-wmi will also provide one for the wifi. If I swap out the wireless card for something else, I may lose the card-specific rfkill device. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org