Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:09:44 -0700 (PDT) | From | Joel Jaeggli <> | Subject | Re: PATCH : LEDs - possibly the most pointless kernel subsystem ever |
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, John Bradford wrote:
> > This patch adds an abstraction layer for programmable LED devices, > > hardware drivers for the Status LEDs found on some Intel PIIX4E based > > server hardware (notably the ISP1100 1U rackmount server) and LEDs wired > > to the parallel port data lines. > > I haven't had chance to test this yet, but I really like the idea - by > an amasing co-incidence, I was actually thinking about the possibility > of doing a parallel port connected front panel earlier today! > > Does anybody have any suggestions for recommended standard uses for > parallel port connected LEDs? > > Disk spinning up/disk ready > Root login active
provide a userspace interface and people will use it for all sorts of strange things...
email deliverly notification, varying levels of log messages and output, from lmsensors come to mind immediatly...
> Any other suggestions? > > John. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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