Corentin Chary wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Thiemo Nagel<[email protected]> wrote: >> Corentin Chary wrote: >>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Thiemo Nagel<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> I just tested the new GSM rfkill in 2.6.31-rc2 and I get the following on >>>> my >>>> EeePC 1000HGO: >>>> >>>> eee:/# cat /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill2/name >>>> eeepc-wwan3g >>>> eee:/# echo 0 > /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill2/state >>>> bash: echo: write error: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> What could be the reason for that? >>> Reading the kernel source I can find: >>> /* >>> * The intention was that userspace can only take control over >>> * a given device when/if rfkill-input doesn't control it due >>> * to user_claim. Since user_claim is currently unsupported, >>> * we never support changing the state from userspace -- this >>> * can be implemented again later. >>> */ >>> >>> It seems that rfkill should be controlled by /dev/rfkill (cf >>> Documentation/rfkill.txt). >>> Maybe network-manager can control that .. But I'm not sure. >>> Maybe you should CC the wireless mailing list. >> Thanks for the quick reply. The interesting thing is, that the direct >> access works well for eeepc-wlan and eeepc-bluetooth rfkills. I've CC'd >> debian-eeepc-devel, maybe they know something. >> > Are you sure that it works with newer kernels ? > > This commit should have broken it for all rfkill. > > commit 19d337dff95cbf76edd3ad95c0cee2732c3e1ec5 > Author: Johannes Berg <[email protected]> > Date: Tue Jun 2 13:01:37 2009 +0200
You're right, all rfkills work with 2.6.30, but none works with 2.6.31-rc2. For the debian-eeepc folks: 2.6.31-rc2 breaks bluetooth toggling using eeepc-acpi-scripts, but WLAN toggling still works. Thank you and kind regards, Thiemo -- +-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | Dipl.-Phys. Thiemo Nagel | | | Technische Universitaet Muenchen | Room PH1 3276 | | Physik-Department E18 | | | James-Franck-Strasse | Phone +49 89 289-12379 | | D-85747 Garching | Fax +49 89 289-12570 | +-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
