On Tuesday 01 July 2008 12:33:17 drago01 wrote: > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 July 2008 11:55:11 Adel Gadllah wrote: > >> Hi, > >> The attached patch removes the input device dependency and replaces > >> the polldev by a timer. > >> The timer polls the device and sets the rfkill state. > >> I build tested the patch only because I don't have access to the > >> hardware, hence the RFC. > >> Can someone with the access to the hardware test and verify this? > >> If it works I will submit a similar patch for b43legacy. > >> > >> ----------------------- > >> This patch removes the dependency on the input device and replaces the > >> polldev with a timer for polling the rfkill state. > > > > > > I'm pretty sure this will generate a lot of bugreports complaining that > > rfkill silently broke, as the userspace is not setup correctly. > > OK, so how to proceed? Just leave the input device? No well. This probably is the right way to go. However I just wanted to say that I'm pretty sure it will generate lots of bugreports that I will ignore. ;) But I am wondering _why_ we need to turn all this upside down. What's so bad about having an input device in the kernel? What's the advantage of having userspace do the work? -- Greetings Michael. -- 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
