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Re: [PATCH 8/9] rfkill: Userspace control for airplane mode

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On 8 February 2016 at 11:11, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-02-08 at 10:41 -0500, João Paulo Rechi Vita wrote:
>> Provide an interface for the airplane-mode indicator be controlled
>> from
>> userspace. User has to first acquire the control through
>> RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_ACQUIRE and keep the fd open for the whole
>> time
>> it wants to be in control of the indicator. Closing the fd or using
>> RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_RELEASE restores the default policy.
>>
>> To change state of the indicator, the RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_CHANGE
>> operation is used, passing the value on "struct rfkill_event.soft".
>> If
>> the caller has not acquired the airplane-mode control beforehand, the
>> operation fails.
>
> I'd like to clarify a bit, so tell me if I'm correct or not.  Using
> RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_CHANGE does not actually change any device
> state. It's just an indicator with no relationship to any of the
> registered rfkill switches, right?
>

Yes, that's correct, and it is the intended behavior.

> I wonder if setting RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_CHANGE(true) shouldn't also
> softblock all switches, otherwise you can set airplane mode all day
> long with RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_CHANGE and it doesn't actually enable
> airplane mode at all?
>

The idea behind it is to just provide the mechanism for userspace to
decide what exactly being in airplane mode means, so it would
set/unset the indicator in the right moment.

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João Paulo Rechi Vita
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