From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
When the platform doesn't have rfkill support, i.e. nothing
is connected to the rfkill GPIO, there's little value in
polling the GPIO. Add a Kconfig option to allow disabling
the polling in ath9k.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
index 760ab3f..6372626 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ config ATH9K_LEGACY_RATE_CONTROL
has to be passed to mac80211 using the module parameter,
ieee80211_default_rc_algo.
+config ATH9K_RFKILL
+ bool "Atheros ath9k rfkill support" if EXPERT
+ depends on ATH9K
+ depends on RFKILL=y || RFKILL=ATH9K
+ default y
+ help
+ Say Y to have ath9k poll the RF-Kill GPIO every couple of
+ seconds. Turn off to save power, but enable it if you have
+ a platform that can toggle the RF-Kill GPIO.
+
config ATH9K_HTC
tristate "Atheros HTC based wireless cards support"
depends on USB && MAC80211
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
index 4ca0cb0..e420c6b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -2504,7 +2504,7 @@ int ath9k_hw_fill_cap_info(struct ath_hw *ah)
else
pCap->rts_aggr_limit = (8 * 1024);
-#if defined(CONFIG_RFKILL) || defined(CONFIG_RFKILL_MODULE)
+#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_RFKILL
ah->rfsilent = ah->eep_ops->get_eeprom(ah, EEP_RF_SILENT);
if (ah->rfsilent & EEP_RFSILENT_ENABLED) {
ah->rfkill_gpio =
--
1.8.0
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