Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764407AbXHXVNd (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:13:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756350AbXHXVNY (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:13:24 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.238]:9994 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753764AbXHXVNX (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:13:23 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=mAS8JsTFsVr7KTcMzm3QA+ey+frEkpyXOL+PK2/AeB2WpZjEZ0ezvesuXg4MJFGD5l6eiqevhqLwDh+4AbKssvLZmuJTCwozU8tUcU0TmMjng9BcbcBvcKArabamopdmqiAzQ6OJ2t4oDcjUobalt+B3AN3n7JmurjNAkBt44kc= Message-ID: <625fc13d0708241413s1086527id377b49e7adacc5e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:13:21 -0500 From: "Josh Boyer" To: "Casey Dahlin" Subject: Re: USB Key light on/off state depending on mount Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <46CF468E.1080607@ncsu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46CF468E.1080607@ncsu.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 885 Lines: 19 On 8/24/07, Casey Dahlin wrote: > Most USB keys nowadays have a small LED somewhere inside of them that > lights up when they are plugged in. On a windows box, the key is lit up > whenever it is mounted, and as soon as it is unmounted it turns off, > giving a handy physical indicator that the key is safe to remove. On > linux, the light is simply on whenever the key is plugged in. > > Should linux toggle the light depending on mount state? Is it as trivial > as it seems or does this reflect some larger issue? I think that depends on the key. My Corsair keys have the light flicker whenever I/O is on-going. josh - 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/