On Thursday 18 September 2008 15:47:42 Larry Finger wrote:
> Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> 
> > Is dev->phy.radio_on set when mac80211 has send an instruction
> > to the driver to enable the radio (start() or config() callback)
> > or does it represent the key state in the hardware?
> > 
> > If it is something coming from mac80211, then you do not want
> > to send a SOFT_BLOCKED event since that will cause all other radios
> > to be switched off simply because the b43 interface has not been
> > enabled.
> > 
> > Off course when it represents the key state in the hardware then the
> > code would be fine...
> 
> The state comes from mac80211 and is set in the config() callback.
> 
> What state should be sent at the point when the hardware block is
> removed? It seems to me that forcing an UNBLOCKED state gives the
> wrong result. Perhaps RFKILL does need to have 4 states so that an
> RFKILL_STATE_HW_UNBLOCKED state can be transmitted.

If sw is unblocked, but hw is still blocked, you must not announce
unblocked state to rfkill.


-- 
Greetings Michael.
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