Re: [PATCH 1/2] ideapad: No hardware switch after 2016

From: BjÃrn Mork
Date: Mon Feb 15 2016 - 07:09:06 EST


Ike Panhc <ike.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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?



BjÃrn