Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 09:32:25 -0800 From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> To: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ath and how to control wireless light Message-ID: <CAFuo_fx_3FoZRJmowG70bCm1rThSozL16h8ik4bepZLp4P1Fxg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFuo_fx0vk%2B2oZX5rmsgm1-HpTfAyPF1AqNKVTKukcQX9-1LRg@mail.gmail.com> References: <4F2AA33E.6010207@onetel.com> <CAFuo_fyT5cjn_x_FcVANj_-A=sd3UEDuNtAy1LjkE9cL-0AKew@mail.gmail.com> <4F2D1BE0.7050901@onetel.com> <CAFuo_fxYGgCvd3DNvYLhM-qsKZpDXMerNOQgQ9=zoXtsxV3FmQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAFuo_fx0vk%2B2oZX5rmsgm1-HpTfAyPF1AqNKVTKukcQX9-1LRg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com>wrote: >> >>> On 04/02/2012 08:37, Waitman Gobble wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Chris Whitehouse<cwhiteh@onetel.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello >>>>> >>>>> I have FreeBSD 9R amd64 installed on a HP G60 laptop. This machine has >>>>> a >>>>> combined wireless switch and led. The switch turns the wifi on and off >>>>> but >>>>> the light stays red. >>>>> >>>>> The light is supposed to show red for wireless off and blue for >>>>> wireless >>>>> on. I found some sysctls that control it: >>>>> dev.ath.0.softled: 0 >>>>> dev.ath.0.ledpin: 3 >>>>> dev.ath.0.ledon: 1 >>>>> dev.ath.0.ledidle: 2700 >>>>> >>>>> softled, ledpin and ledon are all set to 0 on boot. >>>>> I set ledpin to 3, then to change the colour of the light I turn on >>>>> softled 0->1, toggle ledon and turn off softled again. >>>>> >>>>> Can I make that sequence occur, or do something else, to make the led >>>>> change when the button is pressed _and_ keep in sync with whether the >>>>> wireless is on or off? >>>>> >>>>> With softled=1 the light is blue with a short red flash or red with a >>>>> short blue flash depending on the value of ledon. Also when softled=1 >>>>> the >>>>> light flashes in it's "opposite" colour when there is network traffic. >>>>> So >>>>> it would probably be ok just to leave softled=1 and toggle ledon. >>>>> >>>>> The wireless device is >>>>> dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5424/2424. >>>>> >>>>> I think there is a slight glitch with the on/off button, that under >>>>> some >>>>> circumstances it doesn't turn the wifi on again, which would be much >>>>> easier >>>>> to test if the light worked. >>>>> >>>>> Also what is ledidle and what do different settings do? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Chris >>>>> ______________________________****_________________ >>>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/****mailman/listinfo/freebsd-****questions<http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**questions>; >>>>> <http://lists.**freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/**freebsd-questions<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>; >>>>> > >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-** >>>>> unsubscribe@freebsd.org<freebs**d-questions-unsubscribe@**freebsd.org<freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org> >>>>> >" >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Hi Chris, >>>> >>>> I have an Acer Aspire D150 and the LED hasn't been lit with FreeBSD, >>>> 9-rc3, >>>> 9-release or 10-current (with BroadCom and 2 Atheros cards). it did >>>> work >>>> with Fedora GNU/Linux 11. I did try setting in loader.conf as >>>> recommended >>>> to me to no avail. On one hand it was easy to get the attitude "who >>>> cares >>>> about the LED anyway" but on the other I'm thinking it's a simple little >>>> thing that's important,I guess like maybe buying a new car and it's >>>> missing >>>> a knob on the stereo. (?) :) I suppose it probably should work. >>>> >>>> Waitman Gobble >>>> San Jose California USA >>>> >>>> I have another HP laptop with a Broadcomm card which has a >>> button_with_light and it just works. None of the sysctl oids above occur >>> though. Maybe I'll swap wireless cards between the two and see what happens. >>> >>> What is the output of sysctl -a |grep led ? >>> You'll get lots of "enabled's" but there might be something that relates >>> to led's. >>> >>> I had to change ledpin from default of 0 to 3 before any of the other >>> ones had any effect. >>> >>> Thanks for the reply anyway. >>> >>> Chris >>> >> >> Oh thats a good idea :) Thanks >> >> here's what someone recommended : >> >> dev.ath.0.ledpin=3 >> dev.ath.0.softled=1 >> >> but here are some extras i found from sysctl -a that i will check out: >> >> dev.ath.0.ledon: 0 >> dev.ath.0.ledidle: 2700 >> dev.ath.0.hardled: 0 >> dev.ath.0.led_net_pin: -1 >> dev.ath.0.led_pwr_pin: -1 >> >> Waitman Gobble >> San Jose California USA >> >> > in if_athvar.h > sc_softled : 1,/* enable LED gpio status */ > sc_hardled : 1,/* enable MAC LED status */ > > if_ath_sysctl.c: ath_sysctl_hardled, "I", "enable/disable hardware LED > support"); > if_ath_sysctl.c: /* XXX Laziness - configure pins, then flip hardled > off/on */ > if_athvar.h: sc_hardled : 1,/* enable MAC LED status > > this one maybe? > > p00ntang# grep led_pwr_pin * > if_ath.c: sc->sc_led_pwr_pin = -1; > if_ath_led.c: if (sc->sc_led_pwr_pin > 0) > if_ath_led.c: ath_hal_gpioCfgOutput(sc->sc_ah, sc->sc_led_pwr_pin, > if_ath_sysctl.c: "led_pwr_pin", CTLFLAG_RW, &sc->sc_led_pwr_pin, 0, > if_athvar.h: int sc_led_pwr_pin; /* MAC power LED GPIO pin */ > > > > It looks like all the LED code is in if_ath_led.c :) /* Software LED blinking - GPIO controlled LED */ if (sc->sc_softled) { ath_hal_gpioCfgOutput(sc->sc_ah, sc->sc_ledpin, HAL_GPIO_MUX_OUTPUT); ath_hal_gpioset(sc->sc_ah, sc->sc_ledpin, !sc->sc_ledon); } /* Hardware LED blinking - MAC controlled LED */ if (sc->sc_hardled) { /* * Only enable each LED if required. * * Some NICs only have one LED connected; others may * have GPIO1/GPIO2 connected to other hardware. */ if (sc->sc_led_pwr_pin > 0) ath_hal_gpioCfgOutput(sc->sc_ah, sc->sc_led_pwr_pin, HAL_GPIO_MUX_MAC_POWER_LED); if (sc->sc_led_net_pin > 0) ath_hal_gpioCfgOutput(sc->sc_ah, sc->sc_led_net_pin, HAL_GPIO_MUX_MAC_NETWORK_LED); } but on my netbook w/ mini-PCIe NIC I'm guessing it's only software LED.. Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA
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