[ltp] rfkill in 2.6.27

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:39:54 -0300


On Thu, 07 Aug 2008, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On mer, 2008-08-06 at 08:19 +0200, Holger Rother wrote:
> > |And please be advised that since it is rfkill that now controls the
> > |state of the thinkpad radios, you may observe some changes in
> > |behaviour.  The most "alarming" one might be bluetooth and WWAN
> > radios
> > |getting enabled by default.  To avoid that, give the rfkill module
> > the
> > |"default_state=0" parameter.
> > 
> > Loading the module with this parameter disables bluetooth at bootup
> > with WIFI is still available.
> 
> Ha, I thought it would disable both. Worth trying, thanks.

It will.  If your WiFi driver supports rfkill.

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