[bwn] bcm4311 Acer Aspire One rf switch

[Adrian Chadd]

Irs very likely an acpi problem. Therell be some IO line hooked in that
acpi controls.
On Aug 11, 2012 7:02 PM, "skydrome" <chris2603 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have the same setup as this person here
> http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-29407.html
>
> the exactly problem is when issuing:
> wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> RF Switch LED on laptop blinks once and i receive message:
> bwn0: firmware version (rev 410 patch 2160 date 0x751a time 0x7c0a)
> wlan0: ieee80211_new_state_locked: pending INIT -> SCAN transition lost
> bwn0: status of RF switch is changed to OFF
> bwn0: please turn on the RF switch
>
> Now the problem is is that the aspire one bios has no bios control for
> explicitly en|dis|abling the rf switch, in fact, i cannot turn it off.
> When i switch it, it remains on (light is on)
>
> Ive tried editing if_bwn.c, removing the check for rf_onoff() but to
> no avail, ill have to read the source more in depth.
> I wonder what else i can do to resolve this issue.
>
> Extra Info:
> on linux (specifically archlinux), the rf switch doesnt do anything,
> doesnt even trigger a acpi event. On fbsd no acpi event is trigger
> either (debug.acpi.enabel_debug_object=1)
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