Comment 5 for bug 782137

Well, i've made my own investigation. Here's the result, and the main is that my wi-fi (ath9k) doesn't work.

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Wireless in BIOS is turned on

I turned on Atheros in Windows XP

and edit blacklist.conf in this way:
# wifi - drivers conflict
blacklist iwlagn
blacklist ath9k

by pushing hardware switch and Fn+F5 and asking rfkill status i can get such a responces:

viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_3g: Wireless WAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
1: ideapad_3g: Wireless WAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_3g: Wireless WAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

String "1: ideapad_3g: Wireless WAN Soft blocked: no" cannot be changed.

Network applet doesn't see any wireless device at all (even blocked or turned off).

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Now i turned off Atheros in Windows XP

Edit blacklist.conf in this way:
# wifi - drivers conflict
# blacklist iwlagn
# blacklist ath9k

and by pushing hardware switch and Fn+F5 and asking rfkill status i can get such a responces:

viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes

String "1: phy0: Wireless LAN Hard blocked: yes" connot be changed.

Network applet showing that wireless device is blocked.

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I left Atheros turned off in Windows XP

But edit blacklist.conf in this way:
# wifi - drivers conflict
blacklist iwlagn
blacklist ath9k

By pushing hardware switch and Fn+F5 and asking rfkill status i can get such a responces:

viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

Network applet doesn't see any wireless device at all (even blocked or turned off).

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Now i turned on Atheros in Windows XP again

Edit blacklist.conf in this way:
# wifi - drivers conflict
# blacklist iwlagn
# blacklist ath9k

By pushing hardware switch and Fn+F5 and asking rfkill status i've got following responces:

viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
viktor@viktor-Lenovo:~$ rfkill list

So "1: phy0: Wireless LAN Hard blocked: yes" can not be changed by switch.
Nettool shows that wi-fi is hardware blocked.

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Else i've tried to blacklist iwlagn and ath5k drivers while wifi was disabled in windows, nothing good.