Subject: Re: Wifi & LEDs
To: Alex Pelts <alexp@broadcom.com>
From: Andreas Schaefer <AndiSHFR@gmx.net>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 06/22/2005 22:27:03
Hmm. 

Nice idea. I thought about the WEB-LED.
So every new line in apache log will flash the LED once.
maybe i will give it a try.

Any "netbsd driver developer guide" out there ;-) 

> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: "Alex Pelts" <alexp@broadcom.com>
> An: "Philip Plant" <cobalt@greenfinch.com>
> Kopie: port-cobalt@netbsd.org
> Betreff: Re: Wifi & LEDs
> Datum: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:38:47 -0700
> 
> 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 

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