[ltp] rfkill in 2.6.27

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2008, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 09:43:42AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > > > Currently I can switch off all radio using the switch on front of my
> > > > T61, but it'll turn off bluetooth *and* wifi. Which is nice for when no
> > > > radio needs to be emitted, but for my general use is not. I'd like a way
> > > > to activate bluetooth or wifi independantly.
> > 
> > It is in my TODO for rfkill.  It will restore state, so when you switch off,
> > it blocks all radios.  When you switch on, it will restore the radios to
> > whatever state they were (blocked/unblocked) before you switched them off.
> > 
> > But it will not be the default, you will need to tell rfkill-input to switch
> > to that operation mode.
> 
> And currently, what is the (good) way to talk to rfkill system (besides
> the big switch in front of the thinkpad)?

Echoing data to sysfs, it is in /sys/class/rfkill/*.  You have to read the
"name" attribute or pay attention to the symlinks to know which rfkill
switch you are talking to, however.

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