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SubjectRe: PATCH : LEDs - possibly the most pointless kernel subsystem ever
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 09:38:52PM +0100, John Bradford wrote:
> Ah, I just thought, for debugging purposes we could have LEDs for:
>
> * BKL taken
> * Servicing interrupt
> * Kernel stack usage > 2K

In the way olden days we used the console lights for a realtime
display of buffer use on a PDP-11. This type of realtime display
can be most useful, especially if it's easily configurable.

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Randolph Bentson
bentson@holmsjoen.com
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