[ltp] Wlan led with 2.6.31

Pedro Ribeiro linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:49:35 +0000


2009/11/27 Fr=E9d=E9ric Boiteux <fboiteux@calistel.com>:
> Le Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:16:44 +0000,
> Pedro Ribeiro <pedrib@gmail.com> a =E9crit :
>
>> RFKill and the WLAN button work here (T400), but a bit strange. When I
>> turn the off, its OK.
>>
>> When I turn them on, the light doesn't come up but that is because the
>> firmware isn't loaded automatically. But if I go to wicd (similar to
>> network manager) and order it to scan for wireless networks, it gets
>> loaded automatically.
>
> =A0Thanks for your report. Is the wlan led relying on wifi card's
> driver ? mine is an Atheros card (not the original X31 card), so I
> should look at ath5k's driver=85 I remember now that with madwifi's
> driver, we could specify some gpio where led can be drived, I've to
> look for similar stuff in ath5k !
>
> =A0with regards,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Fred.
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I'm not sure... But when the firmware is loaded, the light turns on correct=
ly.

Pedro