Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 16:57:54 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath driver and turning wireless off. Message-ID: <200312311657.54270.sam@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <16371.15032.415568.367500@canoe.dclg.ca>
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On Wednesday 31 December 2003 01:08 pm, David Gilbert wrote: > BTW... this Dell (D800) has the ability to turn the wireless hardware > off. For the bluetooth, this is simple: it's like disconnecting a USB > dongle. For the mini-pci slot, it appears to power it down. pciconf > -lv shows the current (non-supported non-ath) card as present when > wireless is "on" and not present when wireless is "off" > > Is the ath driver able to handle this with any degree of > gracefullness? If you mark the interface down the radio should be turned off. I can't tell if you're asking for a hookup to a button on the laptop. Some Atheros-based cards have an rfkill input via a gpio pin that's hooked to a switch on the laptop (e.g. IBM T40*). This mechanism isn't yet in the ath driver but should be there soon (someone is testing the changes and they'll be rolled in once we know they work). Samhome | help
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