Subject: port-sparc/34585: Weird behaviour of BLINK option
To: None <port-sparc-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Andreas Wiese <bzimage@gxm.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/22/2006 12:35:00
>Number:         34585
>Category:       port-sparc
>Synopsis:       behaviour of BLINK kernel option weird, IMHO
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    port-sparc-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 22 12:35:00 +0000 2006
>Originator:     Andreas Wiese
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.2
>Organization:
	BSD-Crew Dresden
>Environment:
System: NetBSD linus.lan.instandbesetzt.net 4.99.2 NetBSD 4.99.2 (LINUS) #0=
: Thu Sep 21 23:12:25 CEST 2006 root@schroeder.lan.instandbesetzt.net:/home=
/aw/NetBSD/objdir/sys/arch/sparc/compile/LINUS sparc
Architecture: sparc
Machine: sparc
>Description:

I just got my SPARCstation 20 running with NetBSD/sparc and enabled the
BLINK option in kernel config. =20

But IMHO the behaviour isn't very intuitive.  Wouldn't it be better
instead of making the load average equivalent to the LED's blink cycle,
making it the blink frequency, i.e. higher load leads to a higher rate?

I discussed this with some guy of the BSD-Crew resp. the Chaos Computer
Club Dresden, and he looks at this the same way.

>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
>Fix:
n/a

HAND & LG -- aw
np: nothing but this f*ck*ng voices in my head
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