On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 09:51 -1000, Mitch Bradley wrote: > I suppose that OFW could reset the wireless to turn it off and then do > some chipset configuration hack that would make that USB port > disappear. I'm just guessing though; I haven't studied the 5536 manual > with this possibility in mind. > > That seems like a fairly horrible way to solve a Linux problem.
My thoughts precisely. Fix it where it should be fixed, not by playing russian roulette with a shotgun in a pitch-black room full of cute, cuddly, mewing kittens stacked from floor to ceiling. I've already outlined (twice! if my mails get through moderation on networking@) proposed changes to make "airplane" mode happen. Dan > I'm not volunteering to study this possibility right now; I have other > fish to fry. > > Bennett Todd wrote: > > For "airplane mode", is there some command OFW can run to make > > the whole eth/msh device poweroff and disappear until the next > > powercycle? If so, maybe we could hook another key check into > > /boot/olpc.fth? > > > > -Bennett > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > Devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel