From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 21:35:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C773D1065670 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:35:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f183.google.com (mail-px0-f183.google.com [209.85.216.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B04E8FC0A for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:35:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi13 with SMTP id 13so3229094pxi.3 for ; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:35:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=b5rGy6ZkKHpszbtKWyvEFxNQZqM+E99v7ZYdym6y86o=; b=i5SpEcrR9MpUOE00gPw130vru3bhdpZmdftnA+nZsKMD/w+LFQClvL6Mx1ZPpWFFXo JnrSuHQp0dj0MRvCa3GU54ptlSPs2YaUoKq3ux6ztqX5ESctLc1lSuNNEC2znupDVoOh 6QSD9xmlHqcNjADuP4UcrAOicSkMrS7oe8vk0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ErRTfdebq9qoK9yOAus5/3yDiqm6ZH9eZpAD0o3+E0Z3GxvIruI1un7PruNavsYPTY XH/AdMvxMlkqM3lf1C5wQj0wpaTekZWURWZifTVNUkPHPR+AXl1OmbiS8pwMK2086Gct 8MYkd4HrK1J/yROOi/LaWwpoJUdZrbXDuVSis= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.21.20 with SMTP id y20mr3448245wfi.102.1265060104590; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:35:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20100201202813.9f3dc1c9.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:35:04 -0600 Message-ID: <179b97fb1002011335r1b057e48oa62e4a3830376fd8@mail.gmail.com> From: Brandon Gooch To: Eitan Adler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using leds on laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:35:06 -0000 On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Eitan Adler wrot= e: > I'm not sure if FreeBSD will detect the "pure LED", but as > >> you mentioned that it is labelled "wireless", it is in >> relation to the WLAN inside the laptop. Maybe there's a >> device driver functionality that activates the LED when >> the WLAN device is active? >> > > Might be - but I don't have windows so I have no way of testing > > >> Do you use the laptop's WLAN, and does the LED correspond >> to any state (like activated, connected, scanning etc.) of >> the WLAN? >> > I do use WLAN but it does not correspond to any specific state. Nor does = the > physical switch change anything > >> >> Anyway, I would predict that you won't find an easy way >> to utilize this LED except you're writing a driver for it >> with specifications the laptop's manufacturer will sell to >> you if you put enough money onto the table. :-) >> > =A0It happens to be a Lenovo laptop. If I could get a copy of the > specification it would make a nice project for me - writing a driver - > *wonders* > >> >> Otherwise, it's completely useless. >> -- >> Polytropon >> Magdeburg, Germany >> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 >> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > If it's and Intel card (iwi(4), ipw(4), iwn(4)), it's a matter of knowing what command to send to the firmware. What device do you have in the laptop? Check the dmesg(8) output... -Brandon