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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-03-27 14:14:31 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-04-22 22:54:27 +0200
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parentrfkill: remove deprecated state constants (diff)
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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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@@ -521,16 +521,12 @@ status of the system.
Input devices may issue events that are related to rfkill. These are the
various KEY_* events and SW_* events supported by rfkill-input.c.
-******IMPORTANT******
-When rfkill-input is ACTIVE, userspace is NOT TO CHANGE THE STATE OF AN RFKILL
-SWITCH IN RESPONSE TO AN INPUT EVENT also handled by rfkill-input, unless it
-has set to true the user_claim attribute for that particular switch. This rule
-is *absolute*; do NOT violate it.
-******IMPORTANT******
-
-Userspace must not assume it is the only source of control for rfkill switches.
-Their state CAN and WILL change due to firmware actions, direct user actions,
-and the rfkill-input EPO override for *_RFKILL_ALL.
+Userspace may not change the state of an rfkill switch in response to an
+input event, it should refrain from changing states entirely.
+
+Userspace cannot assume it is the only source of control for rfkill switches.
+Their state can change due to firmware actions, direct user actions, and the
+rfkill-input EPO override for *_RFKILL_ALL.
When rfkill-input is not active, userspace must initiate a rfkill status
change by writing to the "state" attribute in order for anything to happen.