Review of the rfkill drivers in ubuntu

[Tim Gardner]

Stefan Bader wrote:
> As part of the effort to clean up the ubuntu directory I had a look at the 
> rfkill patches there (as those were deemed needing to go into staging soon).
> 
> However I am not sure we really want this (how bad can a driver be before one 
> gets clubbed with it?).
> 
> * fsam7400 is based on pbe5 which is based on the av5100.
> * all three most be loaded manually and will take the state of the radio
>    from the argument (not from the current hw state)
> * Only fsam7400 makes some effort to check the bios signature. The other
>    two just punch on the ports.
> * The control interface is procfs. No use of any rfkill framework.
> * fsam7400 and pbe5 state the port information has been extracted by
>    disassembling windows drvers (maybe the smallest issue)
> 
> I got the feeling that in the current state the drivers are not ready for
> staging and to make them better we would need to find someone with that HW.
> Maybe we should disable them and see who shouts? Thoughts?
> 
> 

Perhaps we should send email to the developers of the various drivers in 
order to gauge their interest. If we don't get a positive response, 
_then_ we can disable the driver.

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com