On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 10:00:06AM +0100, Eugen Dedu wrote: > >>I'm just curious about why powerpc kernel is not compiled with IDE LED > > About a year ago I remember having tried to make BLINK_IDE a sysctl option. > > It was very simple to replace the compilation option (#define) with a > variable. The problem I had (and I didn't succeed to solve it) is how > to link this variable to a sysctl option :o( Also, I asked myself about > how can I avoid the following race condition: when someone modify the > sysctl option, the led is on state on.
Can you not just modify it when the led is off ? > Note that I do not know the kernel internals, this would have been my > first kernel hack... Do you still have that code ? What about the version using a kernel command line parameter ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
