[ltp] thinkpad-acpi release 0.21-20080703 uploaded to ibm-acpi.sf.net

[Sebastian Geiger]

Thanks for all the work. Its highly appreciated Would you mind 
explaining where this "default_state=0" parameter has to be set?

Best Regards
Sebastian

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> I have released version 0.21-20080703 of thinkpad-acpi through the
> sourceforge.net release system.
> 
> Patches are available for 2.6.23, 2.6.24, 2.6.25 and 2.6.26-rc8 at:
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=117042&package_id=230205
> 
> git users can get it directly from tags in:
> git://repo.or.cz/linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git
> 
> This release includes support for the rfkill subsystem in thinkpad-acpi,
> which I hope to get merged in mainline for 2.6.27.
> 
> It also includes a full backport of rfkill changes and enhancements that are
> going to be merged for 2.6.27, without which thinkpad-acpi cannot support
> the kernel rfkill subsystem.
> 
> Please test.  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.
> 
> 20080703 fixes an issue with the rfkill support in the last release, which
> would cause the driver not to load if the radio switch was off and rfkill
> was not loaded with the default_state=0 parameter.
>