wok-current diff rfkill/description.txt @ rev 25380
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author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Sat Jul 30 16:42:50 2022 +0100 (2022-07-30) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/rfkill/description.txt Sat Jul 30 16:42:50 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ 1.4 +Rfkill is a small userspace tool to query the state of the rfkill switches, 1.5 +buttons and subsystem interfaces. 1.6 +Some devices come with a hard switch that lets you kill different types of 1.7 +RF radios: 802.11, Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, WAN, WIMAX, FM. 1.8 +Some times these buttons may kill more than one RF type. 1.9 +The Linux kernel rfkill subsystem exposes these hardware buttons and lets 1.10 +userspace query its status and set its status through a /dev/rfkill. 1.11 +Given that at times some RF devices do not have hardware rfkill buttons 1.12 +rfkill the Linux kernel also exposes software rfkill capabilities that 1.13 +allows userspace to mimic a hardware rfkill event and turn on or off RF.