Re: Regression in 2.6.27-rcX caused by commit bc19d6e0b74ef03a3baf035412c95192b54dfc6f

From: Michael Buesch
Date: Tue Sep 16 2008 - 11:42:59 EST


On Tuesday 16 September 2008 16:18:34 Larry Finger wrote:
> Since commit bc19d6e0b74ef03a3baf035412c95192b54dfc6f entitled
> "b43/b43legacy: add RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED support", the radio LED
> no longer responds to rfkill switch events.
>
> ATM, I do not have a fix, other than reversion of this commit.

It's kind of bogus that it pokes with the software rfkill state
from within the hardware rfkill handler.

Please revert this patch. The commit log says nothing about
why this is needed and I don't see a point in overriding the state
in the rfkill-private data structure from within the driver.

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Greetings Michael.
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