Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:44:47 +0100 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthias Apitz <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, james@nighthack.org Subject: Re: eeePC 900 && turning off wireless (ath0) Message-ID: <20080627194447.GA34524@phi.local> In-Reply-To: <20080627080203.GA19602@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <20080626075545.GA2964@rebelion.Sisis.de> <20080626231603.GC6875@phi.local> <20080627080203.GA19602@rebelion.Sisis.de>
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:02:03AM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > Hello Rui, > > I recompiled the kernel to have if_ath out of the kernel, but as a > loaded module at boot: > > $ kldstat > Id Refs Address Size Name > 1 14 0xc0400000 8c7098 kernel > 2 1 0xc0cc8000 1242c if_ath.ko > 3 3 0xc0cdb000 46324 ath_hal.ko > 4 2 0xc0d22000 4218 ath_rate.ko > 5 1 0xc0d27000 14324 snd_hda.ko > 6 2 0xc0d3c000 4a5ac sound.ko > 7 1 0xc0d87000 6a32c acpi.ko > 8 1 0xc4394000 22000 linux.ko > > I can unload if_ath, ath_hal and ath_rate which drops the interface > ath0, but even in this case Fn+F2 has no affect at all; any idea? Oh, then I guess the 900 is different. > I've had a look into the Xandros Linux and they do it with ACPI events, > dropping the modules and others; I could provide their script > /etc/acpi/wlan.sh if someone wants to have a look into; If turning off WLAN is now done via ACPI events, then the patch I committed to HEAD will probably help. I'll MFC it in a week, but if you can give it a try, that would be great. Please contact me off-list if you need assistance. Regards, -- Rui Paulo
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