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florian@mickler.org69c86372010-02-24 12:05:16 +01001rfkill - radio frequency (RF) connector kill switch support
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3For details to this subsystem look at Documentation/rfkill.txt.
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5For the deprecated /sys/class/rfkill/*/state and
6/sys/class/rfkill/*/claim knobs of this interface look in
florian@mickler.org819bfec2010-03-13 13:31:05 +01007Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill.
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9What: /sys/class/rfkill
10Date: 09-Jul-2007
11KernelVersion: v2.6.22
12Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
13Description: The rfkill class subsystem folder.
14 Each registered rfkill driver is represented by an rfkillX
15 subfolder (X being an integer > 0).
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18What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/name
19Date: 09-Jul-2007
20KernelVersion v2.6.22
21Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
22Description: Name assigned by driver to this key (interface or driver name).
23Values: arbitrary string.
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26What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/type
27Date: 09-Jul-2007
28KernelVersion v2.6.22
29Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
30Description: Driver type string ("wlan", "bluetooth", etc).
31Values: See include/linux/rfkill.h.
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34What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/persistent
35Date: 09-Jul-2007
36KernelVersion v2.6.22
37Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
38Description: Whether the soft blocked state is initialised from non-volatile
39 storage at startup.
40Values: A numeric value.
41 0: false
42 1: true
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florian@mickler.org819bfec2010-03-13 13:31:05 +010045What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/hard
46Date: 12-March-2010
florian@mickler.org6c263612010-02-26 12:01:34 +010047KernelVersion v2.6.34
48Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
49Description: Current hardblock state. This file is read only.
50Values: A numeric value.
51 0: inactive
52 The transmitter is (potentially) active.
53 1: active
54 The transmitter is forced off by something outside of
55 the driver's control.
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florian@mickler.org819bfec2010-03-13 13:31:05 +010058What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/soft
59Date: 12-March-2010
florian@mickler.org6c263612010-02-26 12:01:34 +010060KernelVersion v2.6.34
61Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
62Description: Current softblock state. This file is read and write.
63Values: A numeric value.
64 0: inactive
65 The transmitter is (potentially) active.
66 1: active
67 The transmitter is turned off by software.