Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 02:49:53PM +0100, Alan Jenkins wrote: > > >> I was wrong to say that rfkill support was already in mainline. But it >> is introduced by Matthew's patch "eeepc-laptop: Use standard >> interfaces", as posted and reviewed on the linux-acpi list. I think >> this is a bad idea. Surely the whole point of rfkill is to let >> NetworkManager do power management *without* having to do different >> things for different laptops? >> > > No, it's to use allow the OS to control whatever mechanism the platform > provides for making the radio stop transmitting. The fact that this is, > uh, "interestingly" implemented on the Eee doesn't alter that. So rfkill should be allowed to mean "entire PCI device goes away, network interface will vanish" - just so long as it comes back correctly when re-enabled :-). > We should just sort out the hotplug code... > Ok. I have a little knowledge, I'll see if I can be dangerous. My real question was, is it safe to merge your rfkill support before this is sorted out? Thanks Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
