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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-03-27 09:14:31 -0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-04-22 16:54:27 -0400
commit621cac85297de5ba655e3430b007dd2e0da91da6 (patch)
tree6193ecf0966094bb744fb4238191bcab03a3cdef /Documentation/rfkill.txt
parentc1c6b14b22af0f85d05a70405dc3fba5de840c7b (diff)
rfkill: remove user_claim stuff
Almost all drivers do not support user_claim, so remove it completely and always report -EOPNOTSUPP to userspace. Since userspace cannot really drive rfkill _anyway_ (due to the odd restrictions imposed by the documentation) having this code is just pointless. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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521Input devices may issue events that are related to rfkill. These are the 521Input devices may issue events that are related to rfkill. These are the
522various KEY_* events and SW_* events supported by rfkill-input.c. 522various KEY_* events and SW_* events supported by rfkill-input.c.
523 523
524******IMPORTANT****** 524Userspace may not change the state of an rfkill switch in response to an
525When rfkill-input is ACTIVE, userspace is NOT TO CHANGE THE STATE OF AN RFKILL 525input event, it should refrain from changing states entirely.
526SWITCH IN RESPONSE TO AN INPUT EVENT also handled by rfkill-input, unless it 526
527has set to true the user_claim attribute for that particular switch. This rule 527Userspace cannot assume it is the only source of control for rfkill switches.
528is *absolute*; do NOT violate it. 528Their state can change due to firmware actions, direct user actions, and the
529******IMPORTANT****** 529rfkill-input EPO override for *_RFKILL_ALL.
530
531Userspace must not assume it is the only source of control for rfkill switches.
532Their state CAN and WILL change due to firmware actions, direct user actions,
533and the rfkill-input EPO override for *_RFKILL_ALL.
534 530
535When rfkill-input is not active, userspace must initiate a rfkill status 531When rfkill-input is not active, userspace must initiate a rfkill status
536change by writing to the "state" attribute in order for anything to happen. 532change by writing to the "state" attribute in order for anything to happen.