From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 20:25:03 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 D50EE1065692 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 20:25:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitanadlerlist@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.152]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D5E8FC21 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 20:25:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so162986fgg.13 for ; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:25:01 -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 :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=6XFlQNB5mo2GiTIvHXHORJ+5WJzCkDpMuU459/3XnFk=; b=GtbN1ogCgd2hWBdX0/t1+WeENSZsmMbgqHtD0694sotpx8RSMGEGHpr9ifzwpjIJeH B1dPUPoaWRr5dwUnGCN8vCi9CWxjrITg8Xy6kKau7wLH9fVXr3oKBuh7isii1WslRTBK GWRMCGJq4JR0ut01bRBiRGAWjWYxX0rnmwTD0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=Z1zQ8Hr3MaCkEljkqMqCQiuCAU3fss52iHErUUEMtJfxbBxt81JP1nhPV7eKhXEEnA 3BtjO3ju6+R5w7yLGZDCsOrSTURbssRxThYyI6BIIKoQ7HiFxhF0z07CwAZppnm/jhVJ 2NsqVhR3LDGL/CmwxGCFSID3PyOT/eNMd2jTE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.188.199 with SMTP id q7mr765396hbh.12.1265055901120; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:25:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100201202813.9f3dc1c9.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100201202813.9f3dc1c9.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:24:41 +0200 Message-ID: To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: 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 20:25:04 -0000 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. :-) > It 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, ... >