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Re: rfkill interface (was Re: [PATCH V3] Add iwlwifi wireless drivers)

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> > By default the kernel will act when the rfkill button is pressed, it will loop
> > through all registered buttons of the same type and change the state.
> > Userspace can read the "state" sysfs file to see the current status,
> > but if a userspace tools wants to take control of taking action when the button is pressed,
> > or at least doesn't want the kernel to do anything, 1 should be written to "claim" to
> > tell the kernel that it should back off and ignore all events.
> 
> ok thx for explaining this will talk to the nm and hal people about it
> and see how they want things to work than I will create patches to
> implement it.
> which drivers support it now? rt2x00 and ?? or are they the only ones right now?

In wireless-dev it is currently only rt2x00,

But I have heard about work in progress for:
	wistron_btns
	thinkpad_acpi
	MSI S270

I am however not sure about their status.

Ivo
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