Re: [Bug 106031] Regression in 4.2.x: in airplane mode each time I open my laptop lid

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2015-10-21 13:12 GMT+02:00 Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 01:00:59PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
>> On Wednesday 21 October 2015 11:19:54 Pali Rohár wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 21 October 2015 10:57:24 Darren Hart wrote:
>> > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 09:34:56AM +0000, bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106031
>> > > >
>> > > > --- Comment #2 from Britt Yazel <bwyazel@xxxxxxxxx> ---
>> > > > Confirmed. Blacklisting the dell_rbtn module solves this issue
>> > >
>> > > Pali,
>> > >
>> > > Can you take a look at this bug report regarding a 4.2 regression for rfkill
>> > > after the introduction of the dell-rbtn driver please.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Hi! This looks strange. Driver dell_rbnt is just receiver of BIOS/ACPI
>> > events. It receive hotkey or slide switch event and translate it into
>> > either linux input keypress or rfkill block event. But dell_rbnt driver
>> > itself cannot set or change wireless rfkill or airplane mode.
>> >
>> > So my opinion is that BIOS/ACPI could send such event, dell_rbnt then
>> > propagate it into userspace and some application process it and do
>> > something...
>> >
>>
>> CCing Gabriele, owner of XPS machine too. Have you seen similar problems
>> with dell_rbtn as described in above bug report?

I'll look into this ASAP. I haven't been using dell_rbtn not to disable
the hardware switch, but I didn't notice anything strange the last time
I tested it.

> Here's some context I've gathered. I haven't drawn any conclusions from this,
> but perhaps you will find it useful:
>
> From what I can tell, the XPS 13 has a TOGGLE type rfkill button (Fn-PrtScrn):
>
> http://www.trustedreviews.com/dell-xps-13-2015-photos-11
>
> I see in the journal that systemd is working with two rfkill devices (8 and 9),
> and that dell-wmi is emitting unknown key events (e00e). This key is of course
> not in the dell_wmi_legacy_keymap, but it would land right after 0xe00d, labeled
> as a BIOS error.

e00e is some battery related event that is sent when some ACPI methods
are executed. I know it's sent upon resume. I thought about adding it
to the ignore list, but then I completely forgot. I'm not sure it has
the same meaning on all the laptops, but I don't think it's something
we care about.

> --
> Darren Hart
> Intel Open Source Technology Center
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