Messages in this thread | | | From | Bjørn Mork <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] ideapad: No hardware switch after 2016 | Date | Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:08:19 +0100 |
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Ike Panhc <ike.pan@canonical.com> writes:
> There are complains on few ideapads that wireless is always hard > blocked but there is no physical radio switch. For now, we need > each user to report its dmi information and ignore hard blocks > on their ideapad. With more and more ideapads available in market > to maintain the dmi table becomes never-ended job. > > I've checked lenovo website and for recent design none of the > ideapads has radio switch. I do not believe there will be in the > future. Therefore to disable hard block according to BIOS date is > reasonable approach. > > This patch will disable rfkill hardblock if BIOS year > 2015.
Huh? And what happens when a user upgrades the BIOS on older hardware?
Bjørn
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