Bug 673060

Summary: Killswitch on Toshiba Portégé R700 affects only WiFi but not bluetooth
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.4 Reporter: Zsolt Sági <novell.admin>
Component: BasesystemAssignee: E-mail List <bnc-team-screening>
Status: RESOLVED NORESPONSE QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: chcao
Version: RC 1Flags: vbotka: needinfo? (novell.admin)
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Hardware: All   
OS: Other   
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Description Zsolt Sági 2011-02-17 16:22:31 UTC 
User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0b10) Gecko/20110121 Firefox/4.0b10

Just like in https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548266 , killswitch only affects WiFi on a totally different machine. The two machines are similar in having software(?) killswitch (Fn+Fx). However, Linux on my older Compaq nc6320 with a dedicated hardware(?) killswitch, was able to enable/disable both WiFi and bluetooth. Does Linux have a problem with handling these "software" kill switches?

I was able to turn on bluetooth however by tweaking /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill*/state files: 

netadmin:~ # ls -l /sys/class/rfkill
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 16:39 rfkill0 -> ../../devices/platform/toshiba_acpi/rfkill/rfkill0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 16:39 rfkill2 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/rfkill2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 16:52 rfkill3 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill3

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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lsusb info about my bluetooth adapter:

netadmin:~ # lsusb -v -s 2:3

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0930:0214 Toshiba Corp. 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass          224 Wireless
  bDeviceSubClass         1 Radio Frequency
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Bluetooth
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x0930 Toshiba Corp.
  idProduct          0x0214 
  bcdDevice            5.46
  iManufacturer           1 Broadcom Corp
  iProduct                2 Askey Bluetooth Module
  iSerial                 3 4CEDDE0A2649
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength          216
    bNumInterfaces          4
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0xe0
      Self Powered
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           3
      bInterfaceClass       224 Wireless
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Radio Frequency
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Bluetooth
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0010  1x 16 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       224 Wireless
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Radio Frequency
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Bluetooth
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0000  1x 0 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x03  EP 3 OUT
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0000  1x 0 bytes
        bInterval               1
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       1
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       224 Wireless
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Radio Frequency
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Bluetooth
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0009  1x 9 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x03  EP 3 OUT
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0009  1x 9 bytes
        bInterval               1
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       2
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       224 Wireless
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Radio Frequency
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Bluetooth
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0011  1x 17 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x03  EP 3 OUT
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0011  1x 17 bytes
        bInterval               1
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       3
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       224 Wireless
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Radio Frequency
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Bluetooth
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0020  1x 32 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x03  EP 3 OUT
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0020  1x 32 bytes
        bInterval               1
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       4
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       224 Wireless
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Radio Frequency
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Bluetooth
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x03  EP 3 OUT
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       5
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       224 Wireless
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Radio Frequency
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Bluetooth
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x03  EP 3 OUT
        bmAttributes            1
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        2
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x84  EP 4 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0020  1x 32 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x04  EP 4 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0020  1x 32 bytes
        bInterval               1
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        3
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           0
      bInterfaceClass       254 Application Specific Interface
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Device Firmware Update
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 
      iInterface              0 
      Device Firmware Upgrade Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                             7
        bDescriptorType                    33
        bmAttributes                        7
          Will Not Detach
          Manifestation Tolerant
          Upload Supported
          Download Supported
        wDetachTimeout                   5000 milliseconds
        wTransferSize                      64 bytes
Device Status:     0x0001
  Self Powered
Comment 1 Brandon Philips 2011-03-29 23:41:12 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> I was able to turn on bluetooth however by tweaking
> /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill*/state files: 
> 
> netadmin:~ # ls -l /sys/class/rfkill
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 16:39 rfkill0 ->
> ../../devices/platform/toshiba_acpi/rfkill/rfkill0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 16:39 rfkill2 ->
> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/rfkill2
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 16:52 rfkill3 ->
> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill3

If the rfkill files work this is not a kernel issue. It is an issue that needs to be fixed in userspace. Moving to Basesystem.
Comment 3 Vladimir Botka 2011-05-26 08:00:35 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> killswitch only affects WiFi

Would it be possible to install the rfkill utility, toggle the wlan button and post the output of "rfkill list all" ?

There is always a possibility to turn the device (both wlan and bt) by software or hard-wired button, but it depends on the wiring and bios implementation how the "hard" wlan rfkill button is implemented.

The "soft" can be blocked/unblocked by the rfkill utility. The "hard" response to the button only. "rfkill event" shows you what's going on.
Comment 5 Chenzi Cao 2014-11-25 10:21:07 UTC 
Hi Tamás,

This product does not longer get updates, if this issue still exists and you can reproduce it on a newer openSUSE version preferable 13.2, please open a new bug and provide a reference to this bug. Thank you :)