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Re: Disabling wifi to save battery



On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 01:21:35PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> >> backlight, wifi, BT, hdd temperature sensors...) and maybe your dell
> >> needs something similar :-?
> > 
> > module wl controls wifi... I had to install it manually.
> 
> No, I did not mean that. "wl" is a generic module for broadcom based wifi 
> chipsets but in addition to this driver my system also loads another one 
> that manages the "goodies" of the laptop (function/special keys, 
> backlight, wifi/BT swtich, etc...).

Oh potentially allowing the hot keys to function? I'll look into that
one, I just presumed they weren't supported:)

Thx,
Dan


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