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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: "João Paulo Rechi Vita" <jprvita@gmail.com>
Cc: "Johannes Berg" <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Darren Hart" <dvhart@infradead.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Network Development" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux@endlessm.com,
	"João Paulo Rechi Vita" <jprvita@endlessm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] rfkill: Userspace control for airplane mode
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 11:20:24 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <F8D31DB3-94AF-47CC-8091-7B6478983B53@holtmann.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1454946096-9752-9-git-send-email-jprvita@endlessm.com>

Hi Joa Paulo,

> Provide an interface for the airplane-mode indicator be controlled from
> userspace. User has to first acquire the control through
> RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_ACQUIRE and keep the fd open for the whole time
> it wants to be in control of the indicator. Closing the fd or using
> RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_RELEASE restores the default policy.
> 
> To change state of the indicator, the RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_CHANGE
> operation is used, passing the value on "struct rfkill_event.soft". If
> the caller has not acquired the airplane-mode control beforehand, the
> operation fails.

as explained in an earlier response, the concept Airplane Mode seems to be imposing policy into the kernel. Do we really want have this as a kernel exposed API.

Regards

Marcel

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-02-08 16:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-08 15:41 [PATCH 0/9] RFKill airplane-mode indicator João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 15:41 ` [PATCH 1/9] rfkill: Improve documentation language João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 22:37   ` Julian Calaby
2016-02-08 15:41 ` [PATCH 2/9] rfkill: Remove extra blank line João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 22:38   ` Julian Calaby
2016-02-08 15:41 ` [PATCH 3/9] rfkill: Point to the correct deprecated doc location João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 22:39   ` Julian Calaby
2016-02-08 15:41 ` [PATCH 4/9] rfkill: Move "state" sysfs file back to stable João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 15:41 ` [PATCH 5/9] rfkill: Factor rfkill_global_states[].cur assignments João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 22:40   ` Julian Calaby
2016-02-08 15:41 ` [PATCH 6/9] rfkill: Add documentation about LED triggers João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 15:41 ` [PATCH 7/9] rfkill: Create "rfkill-airplane_mode" LED trigger João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-18 20:08   ` Johannes Berg
2016-02-22 16:10     ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 15:41 ` [PATCH 8/9] rfkill: Userspace control for airplane mode João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 16:11   ` Dan Williams
2016-02-08 17:22     ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-10 16:07     ` Johannes Berg
2016-02-10 16:53       ` Dan Williams
2016-02-10 17:12         ` Johannes Berg
2016-02-16 15:12           ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 16:20   ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2016-02-08 17:18     ` Johannes Berg
2016-02-08 17:22     ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 22:53   ` Julian Calaby
2016-02-09 21:35     ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-09 21:36       ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-09 22:01         ` Julian Calaby
2016-02-18 20:12   ` Johannes Berg
2016-02-22 16:11     ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-02-08 15:41 ` [PATCH 9/9] rfkill: Notify userspace of airplane-mode state changes João Paulo Rechi Vita

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