The rfkill class has been merged in Linux mainline, and if at all possible, thinkpad-acpi will use it to connect or disconnect the internal bluetooth and WWAN devices. The rfkill class has a concept of "type" of the radio, which is used to, e.g., turn on or off all radios of the same type. This is coupled to the input subsystem, so that the kernel can switch on/off all radios of a given type if KEY_WLAN or KEY_BLUETOOTH is pressed... (yes, I will add that to thinkpad-acpi shortly). This behaviour can be overriden on a card-by-card basis. Now, I can add a new WWAN type for the WWAN card, or I can group it with WLAN. What I am *not* going to do is to request that KEY_WWAN be added to the input subsystem, so if I add a new type, this means there will be no way to bind (in kernel) a key to a WWAN radio on/off software switch, and the usual scripts in userspace will be needed. It makes sense to group it with other WLAN rfkill switches, and thinkpads only have a single key (typically fn+f5) which is supposed to control all radios anyway, so I am inclined to do just that. Comments? -- "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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
