iwn(4) doesn't like hardware RF switches

[Michael Gmelin]

Aragon Gouveia wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it just me, or does the iwn driver in -CURRENT not play well with
> hardware RF switches on notebooks?  For me the only resemblence of an
> event I see is when I switch off RF - the kernel sends a log to syslog.
>  wpa_supplicant doesn't pick it up, and neither does devd.  The result
> is that I can't keep wpa_supplicant running and let it reassociate when
> I turn off/on, and neither can I start/stop wpa_supplicant from devd
> when I turn on/off.
> 
> I guess I could leave the RF switch on and just bind a key shortcut in
> Xorg to start/stop wpa_supplicant, but a standard approach would be
> nice... :)
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Aragon
> 
> 
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I can confirm this behaviour (+ sometimes iwn gets totally confused by
that). What laptop are you using?