Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272046AbTG2UKM (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:10:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272048AbTG2UKM (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:10:12 -0400 Received: from darkwing.uoregon.edu ([128.223.142.13]:38898 "EHLO darkwing.uoregon.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272046AbTG2UKC (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:10:02 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:09:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Joel Jaeggli X-X-Sender: joelja@twin.uoregon.edu To: John Bradford cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Subject: Re: PATCH : LEDs - possibly the most pointless kernel subsystem ever In-Reply-To: <200307291915.h6TJF6YB000421@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1919 Lines: 48 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/ > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Academic User Services joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu -- PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D 121E -- In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" - 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/