[PATCH 0/2] Add rfkill for WLAN

Andy Green andy at openmoko.com
Fri Jan 16 12:27:56 CET 2009


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Somebody in the thread at some point said:
| 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.

Thanks for the patch, sent it on stable-tracking.

- -Andy
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