Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > In order to add rfkill support to thinkpad-acpi, and have it work really > well, I need to know how the BLUETOOTH and WWAN switches (those > reported/modified by /proc/acpi/ibm/wan and /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth) > behave IN RELATION TO the *hardware* slider radio switch (not the fn+f5 > hotkey). > > I believe this hardware slider switch is only present on R6x/T6x/X6x, > but if your X300, Z6x or R5x has one, I'd like to hear from you as well. > > Basically, I need to know some data points and I'd appreciate if some > T6x/R6x/X6x owners could run the tests below and report back. I'd > appreciate even more if I could get a report for every thinkpad model to > make sure the behaviour stays the same (i.e. one for the T60, one for > the T61, one for the X60, one for the X61...). > > > 1. ThinkPad Model and BIOS version (dmidecode can tell you this) > > 2. Turn all radios ON (including bluetooth and wwan if you have it), and > make sure you do it with the radio switch in the "on" position. Now, > move the switch to the radios-off position. > > 2a. What state does /proc/acpi/ibm/wan and /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth > report? > > 2b. If they report that WWAN and BT are off, are they *really* off? > > 2b1. Can you force WWAN and BT to the ON state even while the radio > switch is in the off position? > > 2c. If they report that WWAN and BT are on, are they *really* on? > > 3. Turn all radios *off* through /proc/acpi/ibm/wan and > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth and also by sliding the radio switch to the off > position. > > 3a. are all radios really off? > > 3b. Now, slide the radio switch to the "on" position > > 3c. What state does /proc/acpi/ibm/wan and /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth > report? > > 3d. is that state true (i.e. if it says off, are the radios really off? > if it says on, are the radios really on)? > > > I believe turning WWAN and bluetooth off through the thinkpad firmware > actually unplugs them from the USB bus. If that's true, it should be a > really simple matter to know if it is working or not, as they will show > up and disappear from lsusb output (run lsusb as root)... > T61 BIOS Information Vendor: LENOVO Version: 7LETB0WW (2.10 ) Release Date: 01/21/2008 Address: 0xE0000 Runtime Size: 128 kB ROM Size: 4096 kB Characteristics: PCI is supported PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported PNP is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed ESCD support is available Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported BIOS ROM is socketed EDD is supported ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Targeted content distribution is supported BIOS Revision: 2.16 Firmware Revision: 1.8 There is no /proc/acpi/ibm/wan The switch turns off BT, but the wireless LED stays on and tries to connect but fails. When I move the switch on, wireless connects and BT comes back on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
