rfkill: document /dev/rfkill

[linux-2.6-block.git] / Documentation / rfkill.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/rfkill.txt b/Documentation/rfkill.txt
index de941e309d475e4e5da1c2ed3961eb0f592a5524..1b74b5f30af4b5c8180dbfd2e2b3cacbe99fa8c9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/rfkill.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rfkill.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The following sysfs entries exist for every rfkill device:
                0: RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED
                        transmitter is turned off by software
                1: RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED
-                       transmiter is (potentially) active
+                       transmitter is (potentially) active
                2: RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED
                        transmitter is forced off by something outside of
                        the driver's control.
@@ -128,3 +128,9 @@ RFKILL_TYPE
 
 The contents of these variables corresponds to the "name", "state" and
 "type" sysfs files explained above.
+
+An alternative userspace interface exists as a misc device /dev/rfkill,
+which allows userspace to obtain and set the state of rfkill devices and
+sets of devices. It also notifies userspace about device addition and
+removal. The API is a simple read/write API that is defined in
+linux/rfkill.h.