Description of problem:

Wifi hard blocked by rfkill on ath9k/hp_wmi kernel modules.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

4.4.10-200.fc22.x86_64
longtime bug, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954070

How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:

1.
Boot system. Wifi soft and hardware switch off.

2.
# rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: yes
...
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: yes

3.
Remove soft block and activate wifi hardware switch.

# rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
...
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes

Wifi don't work.

4.
Use /etc/modprobe.d/hp.conf to blacklist hp_wmi

5.
Reboot system. Wifi soft and hardware switch off.

6.
# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: yes
[no hp-wifi]

7.
Remove soft block and activate wifi hardware switch. 

# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
[no hp-wifi]

Wifi works.


Actual results:

Wifi blocked and hp_wmi need's to be blacklisted to use wifi.

Expected results:

Wifi working out of box.

Additional info:

Locks like this patch for hp_wmi fixed the issue for the testers, but didn't make it into mainline since March.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69131#c13

F23 and F24 should be affected too.