[Mageia-dev] kernel problem with wifi rfkill?

[Thomas Backlund]

Colin Guthrie skrev 21.4.2011 12:56:
> Hiya,
>
> Since the last little while (I think since kernel 2.6.38) the rfkill
> switch on my laptop doesn't work too well.
>
[...]

> So I'm a little stumped.
>
> Anyone else get this problem?
>

Weird...

> iwlagn          : Intel Corporation|PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron]
> Network Connection [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:8086 device:4229 subv:8086
> subd:1101) (rev: 61)
>

I have this same, I'll test tonight/tomorrow...

>
> I found this which seems like a likely candidate for a fix...
> http://ns.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg64176.html
>
> but it's from February... is it really not in the .38.x kernel yet??

That patch got merged in 2.6.38-rc1, so it is there.

--
Thomas