[Debian-eeepc-devel] [eeepc-acpi-scripts PATCH] rfkill bits for use with kernel 2.6.28

[Darren Salt]

I demand that Santi Béjar may or may not have written...

> 2008/12/3 Darren Salt <linux at youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>:
>> Prefer to use rfkill where available for toggling wireless & bluetooth.

> Why do you need support for rfkill in /etc/acpi/actions/wireless.sh?

The interface needs to be properly brought down when the device is disabled
(it disappears) and up again when the device is re-enabled.

> I'm running 2.6.28-rc5 without /e/a/a/wireless.sh and the wireless toggle
> works just fine. What I think should be done is to exit when
> /e/a/a/wireless.sh detects that the rfkill is in use.

No. I'm using /etc/network/interfaces: re-enabling the device would leave the
interface unconfigured but with ifupdown thinking that it's configured, so
I'd have to run "ifdown ra0; ifup ra0" as root.

Also, writing to the sysfs file may be superfluous but it's also harmless, so
there's no point in avoiding the write.

> (I don't have bluetooth)

It's required for the bluetooth toggle to work at all.

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