Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:35:04 -0600 From: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> To: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using leds on laptop Message-ID: <179b97fb1002011335r1b057e48oa62e4a3830376fd8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a0777e081002011224p5dce0852u75680638ffa99af3@mail.gmail.com> References: <a0777e081002011022g3099b358ge83d5431d8ee62df@mail.gmail.com> <20100201202813.9f3dc1c9.freebsd@edvax.de> <a0777e081002011224p5dce0852u75680638ffa99af3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> 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
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