Bug 14743

Summary:	New rtl8187 rfkill support prevents using wlan completely.
Product:	Drivers	Reporter:	Antti Kaijanmäki (antti)
Component:	network-wireless	Assignee:	Larry Finger (Larry.Finger)
Status:	CLOSED CODE_FIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	Larry.Finger, rjw
Priority:	P1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	2.6.32	Subsystem:
Regression:	Yes	Bisected commit-id:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	14230
Attachments:	Patch to implement new rfkill switch mask

Description Antti Kaijanmäki 2009-12-05 20:10:22 UTC

The new rfkill support introduced in rtl8187 driver does not work on my Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 laptop. The driver does not react on the state of the switch, it simply thinks that the kill switch is constantly on. Before the state of the switch was completely ignored and I could use wlan no matter if the switch was on or off.

Comment 1 Larry Finger 2009-12-29 18:05:47 UTC

Created attachment 24353 [details]
Patch to implement new rfkill switch mask

Sorry that this Bug report did not come to my attention earlier. Does the patch fix the problem?

Comment 2 Antti Kaijanmäki 2009-12-30 07:24:50 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Does the patch fix the problem?

Yes, it does.

Comment 3 Larry Finger 2009-12-30 16:51:48 UTC

Patch is in mainline and 2.6.32.2.