Buttons that work directly on hardware cannot support the "user_claim" functionality. Add a flag to signal this and return -EOPNOTSUPP in this case. b43 is such a device. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> Index: wireless-2.6/include/linux/rfkill.h =================================================================== --- wireless-2.6.orig/include/linux/rfkill.h 2007-09-27 16:21:37.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-2.6/include/linux/rfkill.h 2007-09-27 20:54:25.000000000 +0200 @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ enum rfkill_state { * @type: Radio type which the button controls, the value stored * here should be a value from enum rfkill_type. * @state: State of the switch (on/off). + * @user_claim_unsupported: Whether the hardware supports exclusive + * RF-kill control by userspace. Set this before registering. * @user_claim: Set when the switch is controlled exlusively by userspace. * @mutex: Guards switch state transitions * @data: Pointer to the RF button drivers private data which will be @@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ struct rfkill { enum rfkill_type type; enum rfkill_state state; + bool user_claim_unsupported; bool user_claim; struct mutex mutex; Index: wireless-2.6/net/rfkill/rfkill.c =================================================================== --- wireless-2.6.orig/net/rfkill/rfkill.c 2007-09-27 16:32:30.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-2.6/net/rfkill/rfkill.c 2007-09-27 20:54:50.000000000 +0200 @@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ static ssize_t rfkill_claim_store(struct if (error) return error; + if (rfkill->user_claim_unsupported) { + error = -EOPNOTSUPP; + goto out_unlock; + } if (rfkill->user_claim != claim) { if (!claim) rfkill_toggle_radio(rfkill, @@ -197,9 +201,10 @@ static ssize_t rfkill_claim_store(struct rfkill->user_claim = claim; } +out_unlock: mutex_unlock(&rfkill_mutex); - return count; + return error ? error : count; } static struct device_attribute rfkill_dev_attrs[] = { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html