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Subject: Re: [ipw3945-devel] [BUG] iwlwifi 3945 works only
	with	disable_hw_scan=1
From: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
To: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
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On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 10:45 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> SW rfkill doesn't necessarily kill the device.  Input-only switches
> (like Fn+F5 on thinkpads for exampel) aren't handled by the kernel
> rfkill system and thus something in userspace needs to handle them
> instead.  It's probably worth checking the radio state when the event
> comes in and only if the radio isn't already disabled, then set tx
> power off.

OK. That makes sense.

Thanks,
-yi