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Re: [PATCH 1/1] rfkill: add the GPS radio type

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Hi Tomas,

> >> > we don't have a GPS subsystem, but even without it, I think this is a
> >> > good thing to have.
> >>
> >> GPS devices are usually serial devices.
> >
> > Yeah, this is interesting -- do we want something like /dev/urfkill
> > (cf. /dev/uinput), so that gpsd or whatever is controlling the GPS (same
> > applies for 3G) can be controlled with rfkill?
> 
> Sorry don't know much about /dev/uinput what is difference between
> /dev/urfkill and /dev/rfkill, can you be, please more verbose

the uinput allows you to write a input driver in userspace. So with
urfkill you could in theory write a RFKILL switch as a userspace
program.

Regards

Marcel


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