[android-porting] Re: [android-kernel] android rfkill problems - again

2010-03-12 Thread Peter Fortuin
rfkill is a module in the linux kernel that can kill all radio signals. So, it controls every bluetooth, wifi, gps and gsm device. The fact that Android use all that kind of devices makes rfkill a logical choise for Android to use. Peter 2010/3/12 pavan savoy > Why not the chip manufacturers d

[android-porting] Re: [android-kernel] android rfkill problems - again

2010-03-12 Thread pavan savoy
Why not the chip manufacturers decide - how best to turn on their chip and move the system/bluetooth/bluedroid project under hardware/libhardware 'ala wifi, so that manufacturer is free to have his own functions. regards, Pavan On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Nick Pelly wrote: > What do you su

[android-porting] Re: [android-kernel] android rfkill problems - again

2010-03-11 Thread Nick Pelly
What do you suggest as an alternative? On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:15 PM, pavan savoy wrote: > Android when it wants to turn BT on, write's 1 onto the rfkill entry (which > has type bluetooth), > and up until now this is the reason we had wl127x_rfkill.c on OMAP or > board-*-rfkill.c on MSM. > > Ho