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Re: [PATCH 2.6.31] rfkill: allow toggling soft state in sysfs again

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I demand that Johannes Berg may or may not have written...

> Apparently there actually _are_ tools that try to set this in sysfs even
> though it wasn't supposed to be used this way without claiming first.

Then it should have been documented as such. I don't see anything about this
in Documentation/rfkill.txt (as found in 2.6.30), other than a vague
statement that "Kernel handles events", which isn't exactly helpful :-\

> Guess what: now that I've cleaned it all up it doesn't matter and we can
> simply allow setting the soft-block state in sysfs.

:-)

> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> *shrug*, I don't like it, but whatever...

I do. It means that we have a nice simple text-based interface for use in
scripts (for now), and a binary interface which is better suited to the likes
of desktop applications.

> Please test & report.

With the patch applied, Bluetooth toggling is working again, so you get to
add this:

Tested-By: Darren Salt <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[snip]
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| using Debian GNU/Linux | or ds    ,demon,co,uk    | Northumberland | Army
| + Output *more* particulate pollutants.      BUFFER AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING.

For sale: one complete set of hen's teeth.
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