Re: [RFC] b43: rework rfkill code

Michael Buesch [off-list ref] writes:

On Thursday 11 December 2008 01:32:37 Julian Calaby wrote:

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What strikes me, watching this from the outside - is that rfkill and
power saving seem to be doing essentially the same thing: temporarily
powering down the radio / card.

I think it's essentially a different thing. rfkill means -> turn off
the radio; no matter what. PS means -> turn off the radio for
whatever amount of microseconds and periodically wake up to see
what's up. PS-core also takes place in the firmware of the device,
where rfkill is a much higher layer thing.

I agree, they shouldn't be intermixed at all.

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Kalle Valo