Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-06 Thread Alex Hung
Since Windows 8 requirement asks below, I see a trend that OEM is moving wireless to HW-control to SW-control. That's also why some new systems never trigger hard-blocks. I was also told that there may be no "HW-GPIO" (my translation -> no hard-block) to control wireless in some of future

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-06 Thread Pali Rohár
On Tuesday 05 May 2015 22:55:46 Darren Hart wrote: > On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:23:05PM +0200, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > On Thursday 30 April 2015 09:44:29 Pali Rohár wrote: > > > On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: > > > > Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-06 Thread Alex Hung
Since Windows 8 requirement asks below, I see a trend that OEM is moving wireless to HW-control to SW-control. That's also why some new systems never trigger hard-blocks. I was also told that there may be no HW-GPIO (my translation - no hard-block) to control wireless in some of future systems. I

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-06 Thread Pali Rohár
On Tuesday 05 May 2015 22:55:46 Darren Hart wrote: On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:23:05PM +0200, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Thursday 30 April 2015 09:44:29 Pali Rohár wrote: On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-05 Thread Darren Hart
On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:23:05PM +0200, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > On Thursday 30 April 2015 09:44:29 Pali Rohár wrote: > > On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: > > > Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio > > > button. So the changes in behaviours

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-05 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Thursday 30 April 2015 09:44:29 Pali Rohár wrote: > On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: > > Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio > > button. So the changes in behaviours observed by Gabriele is expected. > > I have seen other systems behave the

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-05 Thread Darren Hart
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 09:44:29AM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote: > On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: > > Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio > > button. So the changes in behaviours observed by Gabriele is expected. > > I have seen other systems

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-05 Thread Darren Hart
On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:23:05PM +0200, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Thursday 30 April 2015 09:44:29 Pali Rohár wrote: On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio button. So the changes in behaviours observed

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-05 Thread Darren Hart
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 09:44:29AM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote: On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio button. So the changes in behaviours observed by Gabriele is expected. I have seen other systems behave the

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-05 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Thursday 30 April 2015 09:44:29 Pali Rohár wrote: On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio button. So the changes in behaviours observed by Gabriele is expected. I have seen other systems behave the same

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-02 Thread Pali Rohár
On Saturday 02 May 2015 15:51:50 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > On Thursday 30 April 2015 09:44:29 Pali Rohár wrote: > > On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: > > > Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS > > > handling of radio button. So the changes in behaviours > > >

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-02 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Thursday 30 April 2015 09:44:29 Pali Rohár wrote: > On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: > > Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio > > button. So the changes in behaviours observed by Gabriele is expected. > > I have seen other systems behave the

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-02 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Thursday 30 April 2015 09:44:29 Pali Rohár wrote: On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio button. So the changes in behaviours observed by Gabriele is expected. I have seen other systems behave the same

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-05-02 Thread Pali Rohár
On Saturday 02 May 2015 15:51:50 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Thursday 30 April 2015 09:44:29 Pali Rohár wrote: On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio button. So the changes in behaviours observed by

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-30 Thread Pali Rohár
On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: > Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio > button. So the changes in behaviours observed by Gabriele is expected. > I have seen other systems behave the same way. > Right, that after that ARBT call operating

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-30 Thread Alex Hung
Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio button. So the changes in behaviours observed by Gabriele is expected. I have seen other systems behave the same way. I do also see firmware only sends Notify(RBTN, 0x80) and no hard block whether ABRT(1) is called or not.

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-30 Thread Pali Rohár
On Thursday 30 April 2015 14:06:27 Alex Hung wrote: Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio button. So the changes in behaviours observed by Gabriele is expected. I have seen other systems behave the same way. Right, that after that ARBT call operating system

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-30 Thread Alex Hung
Method ABRT is to be used by driver to disable BIOS handling of radio button. So the changes in behaviours observed by Gabriele is expected. I have seen other systems behave the same way. I do also see firmware only sends Notify(RBTN, 0x80) and no hard block whether ABRT(1) is called or not.

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:41:38 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:16:06 Pali Rohár wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:11:38 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:00:18 Pali Rohár wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 19:54:43 Gabriele

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:16:06 Pali Rohár wrote: > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:11:38 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:00:18 Pali Rohár wrote: > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 19:54:43 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 18:28:40 Pali Rohár

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:11:38 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:00:18 Pali Rohár wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 19:54:43 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 18:28:40 Pali Rohár wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:57:58 Gabriele

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:00:18 Pali Rohár wrote: > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 19:54:43 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 18:28:40 Pali Rohár wrote: > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:57:58 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:08:40 Pali Rohár

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 19:54:43 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 18:28:40 Pali Rohár wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:57:58 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:08:40 Pali Rohár wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 12:30:32 Gabriele

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 18:28:40 Pali Rohár wrote: > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:57:58 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:08:40 Pali Rohár wrote: > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 12:30:32 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 11:51:04 Pali Rohár

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:57:58 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:08:40 Pali Rohár wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 12:30:32 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 11:51:04 Pali Rohár wrote: > > > > This is an ACPI driver for Dell laptops which

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:08:40 Pali Rohár wrote: > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 12:30:32 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 11:51:04 Pali Rohár wrote: > > > This is an ACPI driver for Dell laptops which receive HW switch events. > > > It exports rfkill device dell-rbtn

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 12:30:32 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > On Wednesday 29 April 2015 11:51:04 Pali Rohár wrote: > > This is an ACPI driver for Dell laptops which receive HW switch events. > > It exports rfkill device dell-rbtn which provide correct hard rfkill state. > > > > Alex Hung added

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 11:51:04 Pali Rohár wrote: > This is an ACPI driver for Dell laptops which receive HW switch events. > It exports rfkill device dell-rbtn which provide correct hard rfkill state. > > Alex Hung added code for supporting Dell laptops which have toggle button > instead HW

[PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
This is an ACPI driver for Dell laptops which receive HW switch events. It exports rfkill device dell-rbtn which provide correct hard rfkill state. Alex Hung added code for supporting Dell laptops which have toggle button instead HW slider switch. On these laptops toggle button event is reported

[PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
This is an ACPI driver for Dell laptops which receive HW switch events. It exports rfkill device dell-rbtn which provide correct hard rfkill state. Alex Hung added code for supporting Dell laptops which have toggle button instead HW slider switch. On these laptops toggle button event is reported

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 12:30:32 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 11:51:04 Pali Rohár wrote: This is an ACPI driver for Dell laptops which receive HW switch events. It exports rfkill device dell-rbtn which provide correct hard rfkill state. Alex Hung added code for

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 11:51:04 Pali Rohár wrote: This is an ACPI driver for Dell laptops which receive HW switch events. It exports rfkill device dell-rbtn which provide correct hard rfkill state. Alex Hung added code for supporting Dell laptops which have toggle button instead HW

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:57:58 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:08:40 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 12:30:32 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 11:51:04 Pali Rohár wrote: This is an ACPI driver for Dell laptops which receive HW

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:00:18 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 19:54:43 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 18:28:40 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:57:58 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:08:40 Pali Rohár wrote:

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:16:06 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:11:38 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:00:18 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 19:54:43 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 18:28:40 Pali Rohár wrote:

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:41:38 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:16:06 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:11:38 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:00:18 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 19:54:43 Gabriele Mazzotta

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:11:38 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 20:00:18 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 19:54:43 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 18:28:40 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:57:58 Gabriele Mazzotta

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 18:28:40 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:57:58 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:08:40 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 12:30:32 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 11:51:04 Pali Rohár wrote:

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Pali Rohár
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 19:54:43 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 18:28:40 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:57:58 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:08:40 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 12:30:32 Gabriele Mazzotta

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] platform: x86: dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver

2015-04-29 Thread Gabriele Mazzotta
On Wednesday 29 April 2015 15:08:40 Pali Rohár wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 12:30:32 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: On Wednesday 29 April 2015 11:51:04 Pali Rohár wrote: This is an ACPI driver for Dell laptops which receive HW switch events. It exports rfkill device dell-rbtn which provide