Hi Jim & List,

Jim Pingle wrote:
> Hacking away on the net6501 and have it running pfSense. On the earlier
> models there was a bit of support in the FreeBSD kernel to drive the LED
> inside of geode.c
>
> Has anyone managed to control the LEDs for the 6501 on FreeBSD yet? Any
> ideas where they'd be accessed through? I figured I could copy and hack
> up the old geode.c code to experiment a bit, but I'd like to confirm if
> they are accessed the same way as they were previously.
>
> It looks like there is code to detect a few different BIOS variations
> and it uses different offsets for each one. Rather than reinvent the
> wheel I figured I'd ask first

on the net6501:

Red Error LED:   I/O port 069C bit 0, 0=off, 1=on.
Green Ready LED: I/O port 069D bit 0, 0=off, 1=on.

Info to be included on next release of manual.


Best Regards,


Soren Kristensen

CEO & Chief Engineer
Soekris Engineering, Inc.
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