Subject: Re: port-sun3/2163: [dM] sun3 blinkenlights are boring
To: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/07/1996 11:30:19
On Thu, 7 Mar 1996 10:41:20 -0500
der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> wrote:
> More seriously, there is very little that could be made MI.
> sys/arch/sun3/sun3/leds.c is about it, and there isn't much in there.
> I suppose it could be pulled out into sys/dev/leds.c or some such, but
> that would assume exactly 8 (or at least at most 8) LEDs, which may not
> be true on all machines with such blinkenlights.
>
> If you want, I'll be glad to have a stab at porting it to the SPARC; I
> can perhaps even check that it compiles. But I can't test it; the only
> SPARC machines with blinkenlights we have here are running SunOS and I
> can't go casually rebooting them with NetBSD kernels just to play.
I've got a 4/260 at home ... maybe I'll play with it. According to all
of the documentation I have, and personal experience, it will Just Work,
providing I can find the location of the LED register on the sun4 VME
mainboard.
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