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FS#66220 - [netctl] Add RFKill parameter to mobile_ppp connections

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jan Hohmann (Joman92) - Saturday, 11 April 2020, 21:04 GMT
Last edited by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Friday, 17 April 2020, 18:18 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Arch Projects
Status Closed
Assigned To Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I would like to enable the WWAN device in my laptop prior attempting to connect.
RFKill support is already enabled for wireless connections so I tried to patch this functionality into the mobile_ppp connection.

The patch is attached an I would appreciate if this feature will be implemented.
   0001-Support-rfkill-for-mobil... (1.9 KiB)
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Closed by  Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Friday, 17 April 2020, 18:18 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  1d95b20b
Comment by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 10:54 GMT
Thanks for coming up with a patch.
Have you tested your idea? I did not know rfkill supports ttyUSB modems.
Comment by Jan Hohmann (Joman92) - Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 11:22 GMT
Yes, the changed configuration script runs on my Lenovo T430 since a few months


jan@T430 ~ $ rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 bluetooth tpacpi_bluetooth_sw gesperrt entsperrt
1 wwan tpacpi_wwan_sw gesperrt entsperrt
2 wlan phy0 gesperrt entsperrt
jan@T430 ~ $ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 014: ID 0bdb:1926 Ericsson Business Mobile Networks BV H5321 gw Mobile Broadband Driver
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
jan@T430 ~ $ sudo netctl start wwan
jan@T430 ~ $ rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 bluetooth tpacpi_bluetooth_sw gesperrt entsperrt
1 wwan tpacpi_wwan_sw entsperrt entsperrt
2 wlan phy0 gesperrt entsperrt
Comment by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 11:57 GMT
Interesting!
I reckon that setting RFKill= to "auto" doesn't work here. In that case, the last two sentences in the added RFKill= documentation should be dropped.
Comment by Jan Hohmann (Joman92) - Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 12:05 GMT
Thanks for the feedback.

I updated the manual
   0001-Support-rfkill-for-mobil... (1.7 KiB)

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