Re: idea: WWAN enable/disable

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel holtmann org>]

Hi Bastien,

> > hows about adding a option to enable/disable WWAN, same like the feature
> > to en/disable wireless (gnomeapplet: right-click > checkbox)
> > 
> > on my lenovo-notebook it is quite simple to do it
> > 
> > to enable: echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
> > to disable: echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
> > to get status: cat /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
> 
> There's already killswitch support in NetworkManager, just make sure
> that the method for accessing those is supported in HAL.
> 
> Not sure how that's going to be handled in the post-HAL world, Dan?

starting with 2.6.31 we do have a proper /dev/rfkill interface that can
do all this properly without having to involve HAL, udev or similar.

Regards

Marcel