Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 00:35 +0100, Cyrille Chépélov wrote:
>
>> Isn't it possible, by a clever use of the GPIO backplane and 802.11 core
>> masks, to allow a mode where the bcm43xx exports PA and AirlineMode to
>> sysfs and just lets userland decide what to do? This is not going to be
>> the most efficient to deal with the RF kill switches out there, but it
>> should go a long way towards helping those with recalcitrant laptops
>> and/or bioses and/or DSDT...
>
> I think you misunderstood my comment. Yes, you can wire through GPIOs to
> the 802.11 core or not do that if you feel like that, but how's that
> going to help if you have an rf kill switch that works externally, for
> example by disconnecting the antenna?
In that case, indeed, I guess you're screwed unless you can find an
agreement with that rf kill switch. I was thinking about a not unusual
topology, where the antenna plugs onto the miniPCI board; doesn't the
the kill switch /have/ to go through the cores?
-- Cyrille
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