[PATCH 0/2] Add rfkill for WLAN

Andy Green andy at openmoko.com
Fri Jan 16 12:03:21 CET 2009


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Somebody in the thread at some point said:
| Andy Green wrote:
|> Werner sorry I am confused now.  Elsewhere you are recommending against
|> using rfkill for WLAN?
|
| No, I'm not recommending against using rfkill. If you want to
| suppress RF transmission in a reliable way, e.g., because you're
| on a plane or about to enter an ICU, rfkill is a good choice.
|
| I'm only saying that there are better choices than rfkill if
| you're looking for a power saving mechanism.

Ah fair enough.

So to be clear we have rfkill as RF kill and pull the module as power
management.

- -Andy
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