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Re: wpi0: radio is disabled by hardware switch



Hi,

On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 12:19:56PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> Is there a way to get status and notifications (other than watching dmesg) 
> of the radio hardware switch, in order to e.g. enable or disable
> wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd on the interface when the switch is used to turn
> the radio on or off ?

On Thinkpads (at least T61) you can check for ubt, which is switched off
by the same switch, to the point of vanishing off the USB. I can send you
the exact script I'm using tonight.

	-is


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