Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:12:46 +0200 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: turning off the wireless network radio Message-ID: <3a142e750907150012y77ce15d4k2a53f2c09add9bea@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090714202840.GB1832@kokopelli.hydra> References: <20090714053849.GB1893@kokopelli.hydra> <200907141220.25978.milu@dat.pl> <20090714202840.GB1832@kokopelli.hydra>
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On 7/14/09, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:20:25PM +0200, Maciej Milewski wrote: >> Dnia wtorek 14 lipiec 2009 o 07:38:49 Chad Perrin napisal/(a): >> > I'm having a real bitch of a time trying to figure out how to shut down >> > the wireless adapter's radio. The driver module won't unload as long as >> > the adapter is active, and neither ifconfig nor iwicontrol are providing >> > a solution either. >> > >> > I'm using (as you may have guessed by mention of iwicontrol) an Intel >> > wireless adapter, with if_iwi.ko as my driver module. It's an Intel >> > PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection according to pciconf -lv. >> > >> > Thanks in advance. >> You can try doing this by software switch: >> sysctl -a | grep rfkill >> dev.ath.0.rfkill: 0 >> This switch should disable radio. >> I don't know if it is supported by iwi driver but you can try. > > At first glance, it looks like the iwi equivalent is dev.iwi.0.radio, > where 1 is on and 0 is off. It won't let me set it to 0, though, > claiming it's a read-only sysctl setting. > > . . . and trying to set the debug.iwi sysctl setting to 1 caused the > computer to reboot (not intended behavior, I'm sure). Bah. I wonder if Please provide backtrace. > there's something wrong with my driver. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > Quoth Steinbach's Guideline for Systems Programmers: "Never test for an > error condition you don't know how to handle." > -- Paul
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