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From: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@...>
To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@...>
Cc: Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, John W. Linville <linville@...>, David S. Miller <davem@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type
Date: Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 7:23 pm

On Saturday 12 April 2008, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:

I disagree

Most rfkill hw keys are attached to the device. So I can plug wifi, wimax,
3G, UWB and BT dongles (or cards) into a system and they each provide a HW
switch (or should provide).

If each overrides another one, we have a problem.

Is it that unlikely that a device will have 3G and WiMAX support? Not 
really. My laptop might have WWAN built in and then when I travel to some
place where I need WiMAX, I plug a WiMAX USB dongle. Problem. This is just
an example that can be extended to any wireless technology combination.

My point is we should keep it kind of separated, where the guy requesting
the rfkill stuff says "I need a keycode to generate when my hw switch is
operated". And for the rfkill layer to just care about associating that
keycode to that card.

I guess before I didn't have it as clear as I do now, but I am just seeing
more and more that each radio has its own kill switch and then the system
might have a generic one (for example fn+F5 on thinkpads) for killing all
of them at the same time.



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Inaky
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[GIT PATCH] rfkill support for r/w and r/o rfkill switches, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Fri Apr 11, 4:37 pm)
Re: [GIT PATCH] rfkill support for r/w and r/o rfkill switches, John W. Linville, (Wed Apr 16, 2:37 pm)
Re: [GIT PATCH] rfkill support for r/w and r/o rfkill switches, Ivo van Doorn, (Wed Apr 16, 3:26 pm)
Re: [GIT PATCH] rfkill support for r/w and r/o rfkill switches, John W. Linville, (Wed Apr 16, 3:58 pm)
Re: [GIT PATCH] rfkill support for r/w and r/o rfkill switches, Ivo van Doorn, (Wed Apr 16, 4:40 pm)
Re: [GIT PATCH] rfkill support for r/w and r/o rfkill switches, David Miller, (Wed Apr 16, 9:29 pm)
Re: [GIT PATCH] rfkill support for r/w and r/o rfkill switches, Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 6:36 am)
[PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Fri Apr 11, 4:37 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 6:36 am)
Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sat Apr 12, 8:15 am)
Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez, (Sat Apr 12, 7:23 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sun Apr 13, 1:25 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Ivo van Doorn, (Sun Apr 13, 1:37 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sun Apr 13, 2:16 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Dmitry Torokhov, (Mon Apr 14, 12:20 am)
Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 8:28 am)
Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez, (Fri Apr 11, 4:44 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: add the WWAN radio type, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Fri Apr 11, 4:53 pm)
[PATCH 8/8] rfkill: add parameter to disable radios by default, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Fri Apr 11, 4:37 pm)
Re: [PATCH 8/8] rfkill: add parameter to disable radios by d..., Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 6:36 am)
Re: [PATCH 8/8] rfkill: add parameter to disable radios by d..., Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sat Apr 12, 8:56 am)
Re: [PATCH 8/8] rfkill: add parameter to disable radios by d..., Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 9:43 am)
Re: [PATCH 8/8] rfkill: add parameter to disable radios by d..., Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sat Apr 12, 10:43 am)
Re: [PATCH 8/8] rfkill: add parameter to disable radios by d..., Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 12:24 pm)
Re: [PATCH 8/8] rfkill: add parameter to disable radios by d..., Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sat Apr 12, 2:36 pm)
Re: [PATCH 8/8] rfkill: add parameter to disable radios by d..., Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 3:15 pm)
[PATCH 5/8] rfkill: add read-only rfkill switch support, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Fri Apr 11, 4:37 pm)
[PATCH 7/8] rfkill: add an "any radio" switch type and funct..., Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Fri Apr 11, 4:37 pm)
Re: [PATCH 7/8] rfkill: add an "any radio" switch type and f..., Pavel Machek, (Sat Apr 12, 3:57 pm)
Re: [PATCH 7/8] rfkill: add an "any radio" switch type and f..., Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sun Apr 13, 1:40 pm)
[PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Fri Apr 11, 4:37 pm)
Re: [PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Dmitry Torokhov, (Sat Apr 12, 11:47 am)
Re: [PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sat Apr 12, 2:02 pm)
Re: [PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 2:14 pm)
Re: [PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Carlos Corbacho, (Sat Apr 12, 3:09 pm)
Re: [PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sat Apr 12, 4:36 pm)
Re: [PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 6:36 am)
Re: [PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sat Apr 12, 8:05 am)
Re: [PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 8:23 am)
Re: [PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sat Apr 12, 9:08 am)
Re: [PATCH 3/8] rfkill: handle KEY_RADIO and SW_RADIO events, Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 9:17 am)
[PATCH 2/8] rfkill: fix minor typo in kernel doc, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Fri Apr 11, 4:37 pm)
[PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Fri Apr 11, 4:37 pm)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Ivo van Doorn, (Sat Apr 12, 6:36 am)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Sun Apr 13, 9:20 pm)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Ivo van Doorn, (Mon Apr 14, 8:00 am)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Carlos Corbacho, (Mon Apr 14, 3:06 pm)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Ivo van Doorn, (Mon Apr 14, 5:04 pm)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Mon Apr 14, 5:46 pm)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Ivo Van Doorn, (Tue Apr 15, 4:14 am)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Dmitry Torokhov, (Mon Apr 14, 4:23 pm)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Carlos Corbacho, (Tue Apr 15, 3:27 am)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Dmitry Torokhov, (Tue Apr 15, 8:58 am)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Dmitry Torokhov, (Mon Apr 14, 10:16 am)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Mon Apr 14, 10:36 am)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Dmitry Torokhov, (Mon Apr 14, 11:19 am)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Mon Apr 14, 12:33 pm)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Dmitry Torokhov, (Mon Apr 14, 2:05 pm)
Re: [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: add read-write rfkill switch support, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Mon Apr 14, 5:41 pm)
[PATCH 1/8] rfkill: clarify meaning of rfkill states, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh..., (Fri Apr 11, 4:37 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/8] rfkill: clarify meaning of rfkill states, Dmitry Torokhov, (Mon Apr 14, 12:22 am)