Re: [ath5k-devel] [RFT][PATCH] ath5k: Add rfkill_disable module parameter

2011-09-20 Thread Mohammed Shafi
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Nick Kossifidis wrote: > 2011/9/20 Mohammed Shafi : >> Hi Nick, >> >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Nick Kossifidis wrote: >>> Add a module parameter to disable hw rf kill (GPIO interrupt) because in >>> some cases when the card doesn't come with the laptop, E

Re: [ath5k-devel] [RFT][PATCH] ath5k: Add rfkill_disable module parameter

2011-09-20 Thread Adrian Chadd
I haven't read the ath5k code, but I do know the HAL code has stuff to glue the GPIO pin in question to the baseband so it becomes a "hard" kill. Also, as I said privately, I think interrupt may be broken on some NICs. Have you guys thought about doing polling to see if the GPIO pin is actually me

Re: [ath5k-devel] [RFT][PATCH] ath5k: Add rfkill_disable module parameter

2011-09-20 Thread Nick Kossifidis
2011/9/20 Mohammed Shafi : > Hi Nick, > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Nick Kossifidis wrote: >> Add a module parameter to disable hw rf kill (GPIO interrupt) because in >> some cases when the card doesn't come with the laptop, EEPROM configuration >> doesn't match laptop's configuration and

Re: [ath5k-devel] [RFT][PATCH] ath5k: Add rfkill_disable module parameter

2011-09-20 Thread Mohammed Shafi
Hi Nick, On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Nick Kossifidis wrote: > Add a module parameter to disable hw rf kill (GPIO interrupt) because in some > cases when the card doesn't come with the laptop, EEPROM configuration > doesn't match laptop's configuration and rf kill interrupt always fires up