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Re: [RFC V2] b43: A patch for control of the radio LED using rfkill

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On Thursday 18 September 2008 16:24:05 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, Larry Finger wrote:
> > The changes below, along with Henriques patch "[PATCH] rfkill: update
> > LEDs for all state changes", and the reversion of commit bc19d6e make
> > the wireless LED toggle correctly.
> > 
> > This version passes UNBLOCKED to rfkill when the hardware switch enables the radio.
> 
> As I said in an email I just sent (unfortunately, after you already sent
> this patch), whatever goes to rfkill_force_state must be the CURRENT state
> of the hardware.
> 
> So, depending on what happens to b43 hardware when the hardware switch
> enables it (i.e. does it enable for real, ignoring the software rfkill input
> lines?), this patch might or might not be correct.

It does enable it, but software might still be blocking it.
sw and hw rfkill are two unrelated things in b43.

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Greetings Michael.
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