According to Michael Schmitz, on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:55:05 +0100 (CET), >> 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 > >Look at (for instance) therm_adt746x driver source for examples. > >> how can I avoid the following race condition: when someone modify the >> sysctl option, the led is on state on. > >Postpone the actual state change until the time when the LED gets switched >off again, then disable the whole thing. > > Michael > >
I was the one working on a patch. The main issue was that Ben wanted to attach it to the IDE driver in /sys. I could not find how to do it properly but I can find back the patch. For a command line parameter: http://cedric.pradalier.free.fr/ibook2/pmac-rtblink.diff.gz Also for a sysctl entry in /sys/devices/ide-pmac/blinking_led http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/12/msg00182.html This was againt 2.6.9 There was not a huge motivation so I let it be... I'm not very pushy so the patch I make tend to sink into oblivion... remember the adm103x thermal driver for ibook2? ;) -- Cedric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
