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Re: [PATCH] rfkill: create useful userspace interface

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Hi Johannes,

> > > Maybe we should add an ioctl that disables rfkill-input if present.
> > 
> > I am against it. Can we just add a module parameter that allows us to
> > disable it. I am against cluttering a new interface with legacy stuff
> > since we are removing rfkill-input and replacing it by rfkilld anyway in
> > a near future (meaning when I am back from vacation).
> 
> Right. But you'll get a bunch of people get it mixed up. I think I would
> prefer adding the ioctl, but having it only when rfkill-input is
> compiled in, so userspace would always just get -ENOSYS if there's no
> rfkill-input present, which means the "cluttering" of the interface
> occurs only for as long as we have rfkill-input and at some point you
> would just remove that one line of code from rfkilld.

I can agree to your reasoning here. So that is fine with me.

Regards

Marcel


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