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| author | João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@gmail.com> | 2016-02-22 11:36:35 -0500 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2016-02-24 09:13:11 +0100 |
| commit | 4b636dc659ffbca8bc8069dcdf5ae5c2d088a163 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a72bf459c489197c2640c9e28b6657c4b8d8414 /Documentation | |
| parent | 26b359c85d6ce0960ca122adfa7c1229796f55d7 (diff) | |
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rfkill: Move "state" sysfs file back to stable
There is still quite a bit of code using this interface, so we can't
just remove it. Hopefully it will be possible in the future, but since
its scheduled removal date is past 2 years already, we are better having
the documentation reflecting the current state of things.
Signed-off-by: João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@endlessm.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill | 25 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill deleted file mode 100644 index e736d145085f..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -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 scheduled 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. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill index e51571eb8b97..e1ba4a104753 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill @@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ For details to this subsystem look at Documentation/rfkill.txt. For the deprecated /sys/class/rfkill/*/claim knobs of this interface look in Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-class-rfkill. -For the deprecated /sys/class/rfkill/*/state knobs of this interface look in -Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill. - What: /sys/class/rfkill Date: 09-Jul-2007 KernelVersion: v2.6.22 @@ -44,6 +41,28 @@ Values: A numeric value. 1: true +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 was scheduled to be removed in 2014, but due to its + large number of users it will be sticking around for a bit + longer. Despite it being marked as stabe, the newer "hard" and + "soft" interfaces should be preffered, since it is not possible + to express the 'soft and hard block' state of the rfkill driver + through this interface. There will likely be another attempt to + remove it in the future. +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]+/hard Date: 12-March-2010 KernelVersion v2.6.34 |