Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:49599 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750964Ab3DONWR (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:22:17 -0400 Message-ID: <1366032132.8361.19.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20130415_152225_366245_D047ABA1) Subject: Re: Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN rfkill always Soft blocked From: Johannes Berg To: Dan Williams Cc: schwaahed , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:22:12 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1365804259.10342.20.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> (sfid-20130413_000245_000077_30E72639) References: <1365804259.10342.20.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> (sfid-20130413_000245_000077_30E72639) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2013-04-12 at 17:04 -0500, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 20:03 -0400, schwaahed wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have an HP Elitebook 8460w laptop containing a Centrino Ultimate-N > > 6300 AGN (linux-3.8.6 iwlwifi module - firmware version 9.221.4.1 > > build 25532) > > I notice that your 'rfkill list all' dumps below don't contain an entry > for hp-wmi. Is that module loaded on your machine? It's needed at > least for earlier models of the Elitebook, up at least until the xx40 > series. Perhaps it needs to be updated for your laptop? You might ask > on the general kernel lists if anyone knows how rfkill is supposed to > work for the 8460 and if hp-wmi supports it, or if some other mechanism > is used. Yeah it seems not loaded, but how then does the soft block affect hard block? All very odd, but almost certainly a platform rather than a wifi issue. johannes