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Re: [RFT] p54: implement rfkill

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On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 11:39:40AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> John W. Linville wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:54:15PM +0200, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> >> This patch gets rid of the deprecated radio_enabled
> >>
> >> fwio.c: In function ‘p54_setup_mac’:
> >> fwio.c:323: warning: ‘radio_enabled’ is deprecated (declared at include/net/mac80211.h:607)
> > 
> > Anyone had a chance to test this?  And report the results to Christian?
> 
> Sorry - I missed this one.
> 
> I just tested it. With the patch, the warning is removed. As far as
> system operation, the following is observed:
> 
> 1. If b43 is loaded when using p54usb, then the hardware switch will
> kill operation. This behavior is the same with or without this patch.
> 
> 2. If b43 is unloaded, then p54usb no longer follows the hardware
> switch, but operation can be killed with the rfkill user-space
> utility. Again, this behavior does not depend on the patch.
> 
> Based on the code changes in the patch, it looks as if the radio is
> turned off when the device is blocked, but I have no way to test that.
> 
> Christian - please add a
> Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> to the patch and
> submit. This change should be in 2.6.32.
> 
> Larry

Original patch lacks a Signed-off-by...

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