Subject: Re: load display in BeBox style ?
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Robert Black <r.black@ic.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 02/06/1997 12:32:12
On Feb 5,  2:55pm, Peter Berg wrote:
> Subject: load display in BeBox style ?
> Hi,
>
> isn't it possible that someone writes a short prg/deamon that writes the
> system load, idle time, memory and swapspace usage multiplexed as 8-bit words
> to /dev/lp1 to realize a systemdisplay in BeBox style for the RiscPC. The
> necessary hardware to decode it and drive the LED lines can be developed by
me.

It should be easy enough to hack together. I suggest starting work from the
'uptime' and 'pstat' sources. I am doing something similar to demo/test some of
the features of the new console code.

Cheers

Rob