Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] enhance sysfs rfkill interface

[Florian Mickler]

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:11:22 +0100
Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Florian,
> > blocked_[hs]w -> 0/1 makes IMO kind of sense.
> 
> the kernel and /dev/rfkill just talks about "hard" and "soft" blocks.
> 
> Don't confuse this with hardware and software. It seems were are keeping
> to make this stupid semantical error over and over again. So everything
> that says hardware, software, hw or sw in the API is bluntly wrong.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Marcel
> 

Yes, ok. I agree that 'hardware block' for something 'out of
the control of the driver' seems to be too narrow...

Alright. How about blocked_soft and blocked_hard?

cheers,
Flo

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