#10575 NORM Future : Network Manager should manage rfkill

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#10575: Network Manager should manage rfkill
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 Reporter:  martin.langhoff  |                 Owner:  dsd                                    
     Type:  task             |                Status:  new                                    
 Priority:  normal           |             Milestone:  Future Release                         
Component:  network manager  |               Version:  1.5/1.0 Software Build os852 aka 10.1.2
 Keywords:                   |           Next_action:  design                                 
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 Currently NM reads rfkill state but does not manage rkill.

 This is true for the NM we ship (v0.7.2.x), and for the latest release of
 NM today (v0.8.1)

 Desired behaviour:
  * When wireless is switched to disabled, directoy or via networking
 switched to disabled, NM must issue 'rfkill block wifi'.
  * When wireless is switched to enabled, directly or indirectly via
 networking switched to enabled, NM must issue 'rfkill unblock wifi'.

 This achieves significant power savings -- at least with our chipset --
 and allows us to remove a pile of workarounds discussed in #10532

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10575>
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