rfkill: clarify meaning of rfkill states

rfkill really should have been named rfswitch.  As it is, one can get
confused whether RFKILL_STATE_ON means the KILL switch is on (and
therefore, the radio is being *blocked* from operating), or whether it
means the RADIO rf output is on.

Clearly state that RFKILL_STATE_ON means the radio is *unblocked* from
operating (i.e. there is no rf killing going on).

Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/rfkill.txt b/Documentation/rfkill.txt
index a83ff23cd68cea84d4476a43df7b9e9e91f10cf8..ec75d6d3478538cd2d92df0203cd5c90f5620bf4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/rfkill.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rfkill.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ rfkill - RF switch subsystem support
 ===============================================================================
 1: Implementation details
 
+The rfkill switch subsystem exists to add a generic interface to circuitry that
+can enable or disable the RF output of a radio *transmitter* of any type.
+
+When a rfkill switch is in the RFKILL_STATE_ON, the radio transmitter is
+*enabled*.  When the rfkill switch is in the RFKILL_STATE_OFF, the radio
+transmitter is *disabled*.
+
 The rfkill switch subsystem offers support for keys often found on laptops
 to enable wireless devices like WiFi and Bluetooth.
 

diff --git a/include/linux/rfkill.h b/include/linux/rfkill.h
index e3ab21d7fc7f1973ec9483885012d83e800e1eb9..ca89ae1b0219672e282813ba8d81ef262f05f1dd 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/rfkill.h
+++ b/include/linux/rfkill.h
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ enum rfkill_type {
 };
 
 enum rfkill_state {
-       RFKILL_STATE_OFF        = 0,
-       RFKILL_STATE_ON         = 1,
+       RFKILL_STATE_OFF        = 0,    /* Radio output blocked */
+       RFKILL_STATE_ON         = 1,    /* Radio output active */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ enum rfkill_state {
  * @name: Name of the switch.
  * @type: Radio type which the button controls, the value stored
  *     here should be a value from enum rfkill_type.
- * @state: State of the switch (on/off).
+ * @state: State of the switch, "ON" means radio can operate.
  * @user_claim_unsupported: Whether the hardware supports exclusive
  *     RF-kill control by userspace. Set this before registering.
  * @user_claim: Set when the switch is controlled exlusively by userspace.