Document the rfkill sysfs ABI
This moves sysfs ABI info from Documentation/rfkill.txt to the ABI subfolder and reformats it. This also schedules the deprecated sysfs parts to be removed in 2012 (claim file) and 2014 (state file). Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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rfkill - radio frequency (RF) connector kill switch support
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For details to this subsystem look at Documentation/rfkill.txt.
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What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/state
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Date: 09-Jul-2007
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KernelVersion v2.6.22
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Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Description: Current state of the transmitter.
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This file is deprecated and sheduled to be removed in 2014,
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because its not possible to express the 'soft and hard block'
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state of the rfkill driver.
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Values: A numeric value.
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0: RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED
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transmitter is turned off by software
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1: RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED
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transmitter is (potentially) active
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2: RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED
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transmitter is forced off by something outside of
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the driver's control.
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What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/claim
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Date: 09-Jul-2007
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KernelVersion v2.6.22
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Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Description: This file is deprecated because there no longer is a way to
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claim just control over a single rfkill instance.
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This file is scheduled to be removed in 2012.
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Values: 0: Kernel handles events
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rfkill - radio frequency (RF) connector kill switch support
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For details to this subsystem look at Documentation/rfkill.txt.
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For the deprecated /sys/class/rfkill/*/state and
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/sys/class/rfkill/*/claim knobs of this interface look in
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Documentation/ABI/obsolte/sysfs-class-rfkill.
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What: /sys/class/rfkill
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Date: 09-Jul-2007
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KernelVersion: v2.6.22
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Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
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Description: The rfkill class subsystem folder.
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Each registered rfkill driver is represented by an rfkillX
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subfolder (X being an integer > 0).
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What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/name
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Date: 09-Jul-2007
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KernelVersion v2.6.22
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Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Description: Name assigned by driver to this key (interface or driver name).
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Values: arbitrary string.
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What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/type
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Date: 09-Jul-2007
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KernelVersion v2.6.22
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Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Description: Driver type string ("wlan", "bluetooth", etc).
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Values: See include/linux/rfkill.h.
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What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/persistent
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Date: 09-Jul-2007
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KernelVersion v2.6.22
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Contact: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Description: Whether the soft blocked state is initialised from non-volatile
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storage at startup.
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Values: A numeric value.
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0: false
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1: true
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----------------------------
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What: sysfs-class-rfkill state file
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When: Feb 2014
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Files: net/rfkill/core.c
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Why: Documented as obsolete since Feb 2010. This file is limited to 3
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states while the rfkill drivers can have 4 states.
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Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
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What: sysfs-class-rfkill claim file
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When: Feb 2012
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Files: net/rfkill/core.c
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Why: It is not possible to claim an rfkill driver since 2007. This is
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Documented as obsolete since Feb 2010.
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Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
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What: capifs
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When: February 2011
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Files: drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.*
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a specified type) into a state which also updates the default state for
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hotplugged devices.
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After an application opens /dev/rfkill, it can read the current state of
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all devices, and afterwards can poll the descriptor for hotplug or state
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change events.
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After an application opens /dev/rfkill, it can read the current state of all
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devices. Changes can be either obtained by either polling the descriptor for
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hotplug or state change events or by listening for uevents emitted by the
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rfkill core framework.
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Applications must ignore operations (the "op" field) they do not handle,
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this allows the API to be extended in the future.
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Additionally, each rfkill device is registered in sysfs and emits uevents.
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Additionally, each rfkill device is registered in sysfs and there has the
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following attributes:
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name: Name assigned by driver to this key (interface or driver name).
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type: Driver type string ("wlan", "bluetooth", etc).
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persistent: Whether the soft blocked state is initialised from
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non-volatile storage at startup.
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state: Current state of the transmitter
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0: RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED
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transmitter is turned off by software
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1: RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED
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transmitter is (potentially) active
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2: RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED
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transmitter is forced off by something outside of
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the driver's control.
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This file is deprecated because it can only properly show
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three of the four possible states, soft-and-hard-blocked is
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missing.
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claim: 0: Kernel handles events
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This file is deprecated because there no longer is a way to
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claim just control over a single rfkill instance.
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rfkill devices also issue uevents (with an action of "change"), with the
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following environment variables set:
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rfkill devices issue uevents (with an action of "change"), with the following
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environment variables set:
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RFKILL_NAME
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RFKILL_STATE
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The contents of these variables corresponds to the "name", "state" and
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"type" sysfs files explained above.
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For further details consult Documentation/ABI/stable/dev-rfkill and
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Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill.
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