linux-yocto/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill
florian@mickler.org 819bfecc4f rename new rfkill sysfs knobs
This patch renames the (never officially released) sysfs-knobs
"blocked_hw" and "blocked_sw" to "hard" and "soft", as the hardware vs
software conotation is misleading.

It also gets rid of not needed locks around u32-read-access.

Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-03-19 15:48:25 -04:00

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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/obsolete/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

What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/hard Date: 12-March-2010 KernelVersion v2.6.34 Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Description: Current hardblock state. This file is read only. Values: A numeric value. 0: inactive The transmitter is (potentially) active. 1: active The transmitter is forced off by something outside of the driver's control.

What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/soft Date: 12-March-2010 KernelVersion v2.6.34 Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Description: Current softblock state. This file is read and write. Values: A numeric value. 0: inactive The transmitter is (potentially) active. 1: active The transmitter is turned off by software.