wireless "switch"

Luis R. Rodriguez mcgrof at gmail.com
Sun Nov 8 21:45:18 UTC 2009


On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Bryce Robilliard
<bryce.robilliard at bigpond.com> wrote:
> There are some newer notebooks that do not have a mechanical wireless switch
> to control power to the wireless adapter to allow users to conserve power
> when wireless networking is not required: they have a software-controlled
> "switch".
>
> For those models with a software-driven "switch", will there be any means to
> perform this power on/off switching function through the driver?

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/rfkill

  Luis



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