[MAVERICK SRU] UBUNTU: SAUCE: enable rfkill for rtl8192se driver
Tim Gardner
tim.gardner at canonical.com
Thu Nov 18 13:57:52 UTC 2010
On 11/18/2010 01:44 AM, Stefan Bader wrote:
> On 11/18/2010 12:19 AM, Manoj Iyer wrote:
>> SRU JUSTIFICAITON
>> ===================
>> On thinkpad Edge with RTL8192SE wifi device, wifi on/off hotkey does
>> not work. Enabled RFKILL in the rtl8192se module to enable this
>> hotkey.
>>
>> IMPACT
>> =======
>> The change is limited to Makefile, it enables -DCONFIG_RTL_RFKILL
>> (-DCONFIG_CFG_80211 also need to be enabled as per comment in the
>> Makefile).
>>
>> TEST
>> =====
>> The new driver was tested by Steve Magoun and reported to work. Test
>> kernel can be found in,
>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~manjo/maveric/lp640992/
>>
> Hopefully enabling this does not break some hardware that took the chip but
> maybe wired differently. I assume we don't have any hardware other than the TP
> Edge with a rtl8192se? Just to see it there (still) works. Tentatively
>
> Acked-by: Stefan Bader<stefan.bader at canonical.com>
>
>> The following changes since commit 00ee3793e9b153e3655a58fed9cd8b26f9eb5c6b:
>> Manoj Iyer (1):
>> UBUNTU: SAUCE: enable rfkill for rtl8192se driver
>>
>> are available in the git repository at:
>>
>> git://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/manjo/ubuntu-maverick.git lp640992
>>
>> From 00ee3793e9b153e3655a58fed9cd8b26f9eb5c6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Manoj Iyer<manoj.iyer at canonical.com>
>> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:02:38 +0000
>> Subject: [PATCH] UBUNTU: SAUCE: enable rfkill for rtl8192se driver
>>
>> This driver is not upstream, it is part of the ubuntu delta.
>>
>> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/640992
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Manoj Iyer<manoj.iyer at canonical.com>
>> ---
>> ubuntu/rtl8192se/Makefile | 4 ++--
>> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/ubuntu/rtl8192se/Makefile b/ubuntu/rtl8192se/Makefile
>> index c1490b9..8d3c15c 100755
>> --- a/ubuntu/rtl8192se/Makefile
>> +++ b/ubuntu/rtl8192se/Makefile
>> @@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DEEPROM_OLD_FORMAT_SUPPORT=0
>> \
>> -DENABLE_DOT11D \
>> -DCONFIG_ASPM_OR_D3 \
>> -DRTLLIB_RADIOTAP \
>> - # \
>> - -DCONFIG_CRDA \
>> -DCONFIG_CFG_80211 \
>> -DCONFIG_RTL_RFKILL \
>> + # \
>> + -DCONFIG_CRDA \
>> -DCONFIG_FW_SETCHAN \
>> -DRTL8192S_WAPI_SUPPORT \
>> -D_ENABLE_SW_BEACON \
>
>
Ack - applied and pushed
--
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
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