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Re: [PATCH/RFC] b43: remove input device usage for rfkill

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On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 15:41 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > > THIS is very interesting alright...  and it is *extremely* important, so
> > > let's triple verify it, shall we?
> > > 
> > > Please hack the driver to try to transmit data with that bit set to high, and
> > > also with that bit set to low.  The best way to go about it is probably to
> > > disable the rfkill support (so that it doesn't get in the way), hack the
> > > check-the-bit function to just printk its state, and see if the radio can
> > > effectively transmit and communicate no matter what state the input pin is
> > > at.
> > > 
> > > This is very important.  It will caracterize that input pin as either an
> > > hardware rfkill line, or as an input device (in which case I would be wrong
> > > when I asked to remove the input support from b43, but one step at a time).
> > 
> > Sorry, no, I think I got confused, it should be a hardware rfkill line.
> 
> I'd like to have a certain response for this.  Can you test, and assert
> whether it is a rfkill line or not?
> 
> And, if it IS a rfkill line, I still need to know if it is flip-flop-like or
> not...  I am not certain I got the right idea (I understood it was NOT
> flip-flop-like).

No, it's not flip-flop, there's definitely an on/off bit that always
matches the button/hardware state.

johannes

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