| Subject | Re: [PATCH 8/9] rfkill: Userspace control for airplane mode | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Date | Mon, 8 Feb 2016 11:20:24 -0500 |
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Hi Joa Paulo,
> Provide an interface for the airplane-mode indicator be controlled from > userspace. User has to first acquire the control through > RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_ACQUIRE and keep the fd open for the whole time > it wants to be in control of the indicator. Closing the fd or using > RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_RELEASE restores the default policy. > > To change state of the indicator, the RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_CHANGE > operation is used, passing the value on "struct rfkill_event.soft". If > the caller has not acquired the airplane-mode control beforehand, the > operation fails.
as explained in an earlier response, the concept Airplane Mode seems to be imposing policy into the kernel. Do we really want have this as a kernel exposed API.
Regards
Marcel
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