On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 17:40 -0500, Darren Hart wrote: > On 8/26/14, 2:50, "Ben Hutchings" <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >Alan Wilson (in cc) reported that rfkill doesn't work correctly on the > >HP Compaq nc6230. > > > >- Without the hp-wmi driver loaded, the hard rfkill switch controls both > >wifi and BT while soft rfkill only works for wifi. > > > >- With the hp-wmi driver loaded, soft and hard rfkill switches can be > >used to turn wifi and BT off and to turn BT back on, but wifi cannot be > >turned back on without using the BIOS setup program. > > > >(The full bug report is logged at <https://bugs.debian.org/756947>.) > > > >This was reported against Linux 3.2, but I don't think there have been > >relevant fixes since then. > > > >Perhaps the hp-wmi driver should blacklist this model for wifi rfkill > >(while leaving all the others features enabled). Does that seem like a > >reasonable approach to fix this? > > > >Ben. > > Hi didn't quite have to get pencil and paper out to create a truth table > for this one, but nearly! Assuming assertions about no more firmware > becoming available and the latest firmware being run are accurate, > blacklisting this model seems like a reasonable approach to restoring > basic functionality. Alan, can you provide the identifying information for this model: grep . /sys/class/dmi/id/{product,board}_{name,version} Ben. -- Ben Hutchings No political challenge can be met by shopping. - George Monbiot
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