Subject: Re: options "BLINK" in config file for kernel?
To: Rik van Mierlo <rik@ricardis.tudelft.nl>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/18/1999 18:24:53 
On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 05:09:28PM +0100, 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.

It displays the load average (the higher the load, the slower the blink).

  -jm