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dell-laptop: Add a force_rfkill module parameter

Setting force_rfkill will cause the dell-laptop rfkill code to skip its
whitelist checks, this will allow individual users to override the whitelist,
as well as to gather info from users to improve the checks.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Hans de Goede 11 years ago
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1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions
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      drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c

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drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c

@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ static struct backlight_device *dell_backlight_device;
 static struct rfkill *wifi_rfkill;
 static struct rfkill *bluetooth_rfkill;
 static struct rfkill *wwan_rfkill;
+static bool force_rfkill;
+
+module_param(force_rfkill, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_rfkill, "enable rfkill on non whitelisted models");
 
 static const struct dmi_system_id dell_device_table[] __initconst = {
 	{
@@ -567,7 +571,7 @@ static int __init dell_setup_rfkill(void)
 	 * actually testing the rfkill functionality is only done on Latitudes.
 	 */
 	product = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME);
-	if (!product || strncmp(product, "Latitude", 8))
+	if (!force_rfkill && (!product || strncmp(product, "Latitude", 8)))
 		return 0;
 
 	get_buffer();