Subject: Re: Wifi & LEDs
To: Philip Plant <cobalt@greenfinch.com>
From: Alex Pelts <alexp@broadcom.com>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 06/22/2005 10:38:47
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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