On 8/26/14, 2:50, "Ben Hutchings" <[email protected]> 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. Thanks, -- Darren Hart Open Source Technology Center [email protected] Intel Corporation -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
