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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill | 42 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rfkill.txt | 44 |
4 files changed, 102 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4201d5b0551 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +rfkill - radio frequency (RF) connector kill switch support + +For details to this subsystem look at Documentation/rfkill.txt. + +What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/state +Date: 09-Jul-2007 +KernelVersion v2.6.22 +Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org +Description: Current state of the transmitter. + This file is deprecated and sheduled to be removed in 2014, + because its not possible to express the 'soft and hard block' + state of the rfkill driver. +Values: A numeric value. + 0: RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED + transmitter is turned off by software + 1: RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED + transmitter is (potentially) active + 2: RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED + transmitter is forced off by something outside of + the driver's control. + +What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/claim +Date: 09-Jul-2007 +KernelVersion v2.6.22 +Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org +Description: This file is deprecated because there no longer is a way to + claim just control over a single rfkill instance. + This file is scheduled to be removed in 2012. +Values: 0: Kernel handles events diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..97d5064f4f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +rfkill - radio frequency (RF) connector kill switch support + +For details to this subsystem look at Documentation/rfkill.txt. + +For the deprecated /sys/class/rfkill/*/state and +/sys/class/rfkill/*/claim knobs of this interface look in +Documentation/ABI/obsolte/sysfs-class-rfkill. + +What: /sys/class/rfkill +Date: 09-Jul-2007 +KernelVersion: v2.6.22 +Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, +Description: The rfkill class subsystem folder. + Each registered rfkill driver is represented by an rfkillX + subfolder (X being an integer > 0). + + +What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/name +Date: 09-Jul-2007 +KernelVersion v2.6.22 +Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org +Description: Name assigned by driver to this key (interface or driver name). +Values: arbitrary string. + + +What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/type +Date: 09-Jul-2007 +KernelVersion v2.6.22 +Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org +Description: Driver type string ("wlan", "bluetooth", etc). +Values: See include/linux/rfkill.h. + + +What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/persistent +Date: 09-Jul-2007 +KernelVersion v2.6.22 +Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org +Description: Whether the soft blocked state is initialised from non-volatile + storage at startup. +Values: A numeric value. + 0: false + 1: true diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index a0a4fd43e62..a841e79dfac 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -520,6 +520,24 @@ Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> ---------------------------- +What: sysfs-class-rfkill state file +When: Feb 2014 +Files: net/rfkill/core.c +Why: Documented as obsolete since Feb 2010. This file is limited to 3 + states while the rfkill drivers can have 4 states. +Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> + +---------------------------- + +What: sysfs-class-rfkill claim file +When: Feb 2012 +Files: net/rfkill/core.c +Why: It is not possible to claim an rfkill driver since 2007. This is + Documented as obsolete since Feb 2010. +Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> + +---------------------------- + What: capifs When: February 2011 Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.* diff --git a/Documentation/rfkill.txt b/Documentation/rfkill.txt index b4860509c31..83668e5dd17 100644 --- a/Documentation/rfkill.txt +++ b/Documentation/rfkill.txt @@ -99,37 +99,15 @@ system. Also, it is possible to switch all rfkill drivers (or all drivers of a specified type) into a state which also updates the default state for hotplugged devices. -After an application opens /dev/rfkill, it can read the current state of -all devices, and afterwards can poll the descriptor for hotplug or state -change events. - -Applications must ignore operations (the "op" field) they do not handle, -this allows the API to be extended in the future. - -Additionally, each rfkill device is registered in sysfs and there has the -following attributes: - - name: Name assigned by driver to this key (interface or driver name). - type: Driver type string ("wlan", "bluetooth", etc). - persistent: Whether the soft blocked state is initialised from - non-volatile storage at startup. - state: Current state of the transmitter - 0: RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED - transmitter is turned off by software - 1: RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED - transmitter is (potentially) active - 2: RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED - transmitter is forced off by something outside of - the driver's control. - This file is deprecated because it can only properly show - three of the four possible states, soft-and-hard-blocked is - missing. - claim: 0: Kernel handles events - This file is deprecated because there no longer is a way to - claim just control over a single rfkill instance. - -rfkill devices also issue uevents (with an action of "change"), with the -following environment variables set: +After an application opens /dev/rfkill, it can read the current state of all +devices. Changes can be either obtained by either polling the descriptor for +hotplug or state change events or by listening for uevents emitted by the +rfkill core framework. + +Additionally, each rfkill device is registered in sysfs and emits uevents. + +rfkill devices issue uevents (with an action of "change"), with the following +environment variables set: RFKILL_NAME RFKILL_STATE @@ -137,3 +115,7 @@ RFKILL_TYPE The contents of these variables corresponds to the "name", "state" and "type" sysfs files explained above. + + +For further details consult Documentation/ABI/stable/dev-rfkill and +Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill. |