Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272038AbTG2UIZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:08:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272042AbTG2UIY (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:08:24 -0400 Received: from hockin.org ([66.35.79.110]:41733 "EHLO www.hockin.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272038AbTG2UIU (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:08:20 -0400 From: Tim Hockin Message-Id: <200307291951.h6TJptv06159@www.hockin.org> Subject: Re: PATCH : LEDs - possibly the most pointless kernel subsystem ever To: john@grabjohn.com (John Bradford) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:51:54 -0700 (PDT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pgw99@doc.ic.ac.uk In-Reply-To: <200307291915.h6TJF6YB000421@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> from "John Bradford" at Jul 29, 2003 08:15:06 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 959 Lines: 21 > 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 In the cobalt days we had a parallel port connected panel with an LCD (2 lines x 16 characters) 6 buttons (up, down, left, right, select, enter) and LEDs (Disk, network activity, network link, 100 MB status, and web activity [required a hacked apache, but it was cute]). Our RaQXTR boxes had even more - and they were all software programmable. - 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/