Subject: Re: options "BLINK" in config file for kernel?
To: Rik van Mierlo <rik@ricardis.tudelft.nl>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/18/1999 21:32:49
On Jan 18, Rik van Mierlo wrote
> options         BLINK           # blink the led on supported machines
> 
> ok, it does indeed blink, but what is the purpose? Accept for the fact that
> now I can't tell by looking at the led whether the machine is down or not.
> 

Just looking at the LED, you can tell if a machine is up and running or not
('not' means: it paniced and is under ddb, or it's just hung. Well, you
get the idea :).
Usefull when I take my IPC away from home, without console.
Also usefull in a server room, where most of the screens are turned
of in normal use.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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