Subject: Re: Wifi & LEDs
To: Philip Plant <cobalt@greenfinch.com>
From: Alex Pelts <alexp@broadcom.com>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 06/22/2005 10:38:47
Led control bits are described in the kernel. It should be easy to add a 
small driver to control them.
I was planning on doing this to disable leds at night but my wife told 
me that she likes the leds and they serve as a night-light. That killed 
my desire to do it :).

Thanks,
Alex


Philip Plant wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Do any of you use your cobalt Qube II as a wireless base station under 
> NetBSD?  Has it been a successful experience?  And can anyone recommend 
> a good make & model of PCI card for 802.11g please?
> 
> Also, a bit of pointless frippery: does anyone know how to control the 
> Qube's LED?  It seems to be under software control at boot, I'd like to 
> be able to make it flash as a signal that the machine needs attention.  
> I'm interested in learning about getting the kernel to interact with 
> (slightly) exotic hardware like this, does anyone have any pointers 
> please?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Philip.
> 
> 
>