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Re: iwlwifi - rfkill only works if the interface is up

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Am Montag, 1. Dezember 2008 schrieb Tomas Winkler:
> >> In 3495  rfkill interrupt is not available and rfkill state is
> >> delivered only when firmware is loaded, therefore this is not
> >> possible to bring device down and also expect rfill switch event.
> >
> > Would it be possible to poll CSR_GP_CNTRL for that information on iwl3945?
> 
> Not sure, need to run and check

JFYI, I've just checked that:
It is possible to poll CSR_GP_CNTRL without the firmware begin loaded.
Hence the 3945 could also report the killswitch state to userspace while
being "down" by polling (instead of listening to interrupts like 4965).

Helmut
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