It does look like the patch mentioned here is in the upstream kernel, but not available in the Jaunty kernel. This may be something that will have to wait for the Karmic release but that's something for the kernel team to decide. Below is the usptream git commit id for them to reference:
ogasaw...@yoji:~/linux-2.6$ git log -p 5740294ca3a9b113fe146f2826effb69ca50008d commit 5740294ca3a9b113fe146f2826effb69ca50008d Author: Matthew Garrett <[email protected]> Date: Tue Jan 20 16:17:48 2009 +0100 eeepc-laptop: Implement rfkill hotplugging in eeepc-laptop The Eee implements rfkill by logically unplugging the wireless card from the PCI bus. Despite sending ACPI notifications, this does not appear to be implemented using standard ACPI hotplug - nor does the firmware provide the _OSC method required to support native PCIe hotplug. The only sensible choic appears to be to handle the hotplugging directly in the eeepc-laptop driver. Tested successfully on a 700, 900 and 901. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <[email protected]> -- Wireless switch on Eee PC needs pciehp to work correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182490 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu EEEPC, which is a direct subscriber. Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I've compiled my own new version of the ath-pci module, so I can use the wireless on my Eee PC, but there is still one issue. If you disable the wireless using the hotkey, the atheros driver goes nuts because it can't talk to the hardware anymore. This is fixed if I load the 'pciehp' module, with the 'pciehp_force=1' option. This might not be the cleanest way of loading, but it works. I think this should be done automatically on the Eee PC. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eeepc Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eeepc More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
