From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 21:56:42 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 D3123106568B for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:56:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitanadlerlist@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f227.google.com (mail-fx0-f227.google.com [209.85.220.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5824D8FC22 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:56:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm27 with SMTP id 27so733599fxm.3 for ; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:56:41 -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=S05C6vG8uHx/XkGm1F01pjvaYgG2/RdOsDGXPDnI7ZE=; b=CvhJspDLtTV7elevPzhP0930cfG2mwcJnQHpndpFpWYGFwMDrosVo+FTL+Nf/q+CY4 RO/8HzpsPmXvY6yqYObnIMSizeb4LWy3vYY+j+xKAZVEcJQ7G66q0kVawMy6b7rhcgwm 4FY4W6TWpC/5+y+Cdx/kp6HeR/UeAiJjN1ogY= 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=HBihRiOjs+l26GnLkNOrzO8aEwlHmKzo3fZDwxfSkSt0QamSfAb9X7ve4Xp4kL+q6R WLxCEfne3k7zYTXC8DC3SZqILh+XYfl+zoqMOjrpIRG6NTqosLDM8mDAh/gdNIE/AIkG 8TKfitAjz5zakcwqv3DQfM5FSU+TqHvS6RuwY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.189.77 with SMTP id s13mr656619hbh.168.1265061401260; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:56:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <179b97fb1002011335r1b057e48oa62e4a3830376fd8@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100201202813.9f3dc1c9.freebsd@edvax.de> <179b97fb1002011335r1b057e48oa62e4a3830376fd8@mail.gmail.com> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 23:56:21 +0200 Message-ID: To: Brandon Gooch Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 21:56:42 -0000 It is a Broadcom card and I need ndis to use it. I do not know if the light is attached to the wireless card though (it appears next to the power and charging lights) ndis0: mem 0xf4700000-0xf4703fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci4 bge0: mem 0xf4600000-0xf460ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci7 On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Brandon Gooch wrote: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Eitan Adler > wrote: > > 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, ... > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > 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 >