Re: sata_sil 3112 activity LED patch

[Christian Kroll <christian.kroll@bglug.org>]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 02:57PM +0900, Aric Cyr wrote:
> Out of curiosity, did the LED
> usage change at all before and after the patch, or was it totally
> unaffected.  I would guess the latter.

It was totally unaffected. If the LED is turned on by the BIOS (while it
examines the bus at boot time), it remains on as long as Linux is
running. If it isn't turned on by the BIOS (Silicon Image's reference
BIOS), it doesn't light up under Linux as well.

> Thanks, I will.  I have emailed Silicon Image in the (slim) chance
> that they will provide me with the information I require.  If they
> come through then I might be able to whip something up and have you
> test it.

Thanks for looking into this!

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Christian Kroll <christian.kroll@bglug.org>
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