[arch-general] EEE 1000H - control of Wifi device

[James Rayner]

On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:19 +0100, fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 05:36:31PM -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote:
> 
> > Isn't this what rfkill is for?
> > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/rfkill
> 
> You're right: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/rfkill/rfkill0/state
> controls the wifi device. Problem solved.
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> -- 
> FA
> 
> O tu, che porte, correndo si ?
> E guerra e morte !

There is some weak support for this in netcfg [testing] that uses that
sysfs location. However that sysfs location is deprecated, so I have
some lofty plans to update netcfg to the rfkill tool in the next
version.

James